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8. Kanth

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2002

UP-KANTH

BSP 35.0%won by 7.0%BJP 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 7.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 76.3% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,37,207
Margin
9,578
6.98%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1RIZWAN AHMED KHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP48,01135.0%
  2. 2RAJESH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP38,43328.0%
  3. 3BRAHM SINGH PANWARNew Labour Party · NLP14,75110.8%
  4. 4ANISURAHMANSamajwadi Party · SP14,35710.5%
  5. 5NARPAT SINGH SAINIAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM5,9544.3%
  6. 6A P SINGHRashtriya Parivartan Dal · RPD5,5974.1%
  7. 7ATAL KUMARIndian National Lok Dal · INLD3,6332.6%
  8. 8SEEMA CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC2,7492.0%
  9. 9HARSWAROOP SINGHIndependent · IND9970.7%
  10. 10ATIQURAHMANIndependent · IND5960.4%
  11. 11RAJVEER SINGHRTKP · RTKP5550.4%
  12. 12RASHID HUSSAINIndependent · IND4970.4%
  13. 13SULTANIndependent · IND4270.3%
  14. 14UMRAV SINGH SAINIBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD4130.3%
  15. 15CHANDRA PAL SINGHIndependent · IND2370.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BSPflipped
BSP–BJP swing
+14.7%
BSP share
34.3% → 35.0%
BJP share
42.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
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