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357. Agra Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-AGRA-CANTONMENT

BJP 45.6%won by 5.8%BSP 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.6% to 5.8%.

  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
97,715
Margin
5,623
5.75%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KESHO MEHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,55645.6%
  2. 2HAZI ISLAM KURESHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP38,93339.8%
  3. 3GAJENDRA SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP13,37613.7%
  4. 4SUDHIR CHOBEYKVP · KVP3880.4%
  5. 5CHIRAG UDDIN QURESHIRPI · RPI1430.1%
  6. 6SUNDER BABUIndependent · IND980.1%
  7. 7TALEWAR SINGHIndependent · IND820.1%
  8. 8ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND700.1%
  9. 9DINESH BHARATIndependent · IND690.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−41.3%
BJP share
47.1% → 45.6%
BSP share
0.0% → 39.8%
Turnout
— → —
356. Dayal Bagh358. Agra East
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