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397. Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-MEERUT

BJP 49.2%won by 7.3%SP 41.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 7.3%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 44.9% to 49.2% of the vote here (+4.3%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 41.9% — it polled just 0.5% in 1993.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,72,311
Margin
12,509
7.26%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1LAXMIKANT VAJPAYEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP84,77549.2%
  2. 2HAJI AKHLAKSamajwadi Party · SP72,26641.9%
  3. 3MOHD. YUNUS QURESHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,8935.2%
  4. 4DHARAM DUTTIndependent · IND3,5852.1%
  5. 5KUNWAR TOSIF AHMADMUL · MUL9180.5%
  6. 6ASIF ALIIndependent · IND7010.4%
  7. 7A. KHALIKIndependent · IND4090.2%
  8. 8ABDUL WAHIDIndependent · IND2340.1%
  9. 9NASEERIndependent · IND2120.1%
  10. 10DHARMENDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND880.1%
  11. 11MASARUR AHMEDIndependent · IND470.0%
  12. 12ANWARIndependent · IND440.0%
  13. 13RAISUDEENIndependent · IND360.0%
  14. 14ILIYASIndependent · IND340.0%
  15. 15VINAYIndependent · IND250.0%
  16. 16MOHD. HARUNIndependent · IND250.0%
  17. 17MOHD. SHAHIDIndependent · IND190.0%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
−37.1%
BJP share
44.9% → 49.2%
SP share
0.5% → 41.9%
Turnout
— → —
396. Meerut Cantonment398. Kharkhauda
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