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424. Dehradun

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-DEHRADUN

BJP 56.4%won by 38.4%INC 18.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 38.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
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not in source
Valid votes
1,06,103
Margin
40,733
38.39%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARBANS KAPOORBharatiya Janata Party · BJP59,80756.4%
  2. 2DINESH AGARWALIndian National Congress · INC19,07418.0%
  3. 3SURENDRA KUMARAIICT · AIICT13,99813.2%
  4. 4SUSHILA BALUNIUKKD · UKKD5,5445.2%
  5. 5RAVINDAR JUGRANIndependent · IND3,1353.0%
  6. 6NAND KISHOREIndependent · IND1,9081.8%
  7. 7VIR BAHADUR THAPACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6270.6%
  8. 8BALBIR SINGHIndependent · IND4120.4%
  9. 9TRILOK SINGHBHJS · BHJS3820.4%
  10. 10VINOD SHARMAIndependent · IND3700.3%
  11. 11NINA HARNALABJS · ABJS2690.3%
  12. 12SURYA PRAKASHIndependent · IND2260.2%
  13. 13SHURVIR SINGH PANWARIndependent · IND1860.2%
  14. 14DARSHAN LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND1160.1%
  15. 15TRIBHUWAN PRASAD TIWARIIndependent · IND490.0%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+23.2%
BJP share
53.7% → 56.4%
INC share
38.6% → 18.0%
Turnout
— → —
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