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Constituency

308. Kannauj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-KANNAUJ

BJP 34.9%won by 0.7%SP 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 0.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 878 votes (0.72%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,22,580
Margin
878
0.72%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPSP swing
−8.7%
BJP share
41.5% 34.9%
SP share
32.1% 34.2%
Turnout