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Constituency

408. Muzaffar Nagar

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-MUZAFFAR-NAGAR

BJP 38.8%won by 4.8%JD 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.9% to 4.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Janata Dal (JD).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 89.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,56,441
Margin
7,552
4.83%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPJD swing
−43.9%
BJP share
52.8% 38.8%
JD share
4.1% 34.0%
Turnout