Constituency
26. Sahaswan
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2002
UP-SAHASWAN
SP 46.9%won by 11.0%JDU 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedSamajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.2% to 11.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
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
1,21,733
Margin
13,330
10.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SP- 1OMKAR SINGH YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP57,05046.9%
- 2SHAMA ALIJanata Dal (United) · JDU43,72035.9%
- 3ASHOK YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,60514.5%
- 4SATYA RAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,7191.4%
- 5TASLEEM JAHANIndian National Congress · INC1,6391.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SP
- Winner now
- SP
- SP–JDU swing
- −51.0%
- SP share
- 61.9% → 46.9%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —