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160. Mendhwal

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2002

UP-MENDHWAL

SP 31.1%won by 8.6%BSP 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Samajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 8.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 61.2% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
1,29,062
Margin
11,057
8.57%

Candidates

18 contested · winner SP
  1. 1ABDUL KALAMSamajwadi Party · SP40,14331.1%
  2. 2LAL CHANDRA NISHADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP29,08622.5%
  3. 3CHANDRA SHEKHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,18418.7%
  4. 4RANJAY URF SONA TIWARIIndependent · IND9,7487.6%
  5. 5MOHD. NAZIM KHANIndian National Congress · INC9,4717.3%
  6. 6AFSAR U. AHAMADNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,4691.9%
  7. 7JAMIL AHAMADIndependent · IND2,2531.7%
  8. 8MOHD. NADEEMNew Labour Party · NLP2,1631.7%
  9. 9JAPIULLAHIndependent · IND1,9771.5%
  10. 10RAM SURESHRTKP · RTKP1,6761.3%
  11. 11MOHD. MOBINIndependent · IND1,6531.3%
  12. 12RAM AWADHIndependent · IND1,6041.2%
  13. 13RAM PARAS NISHADApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD7260.6%
  14. 14GENDA DEVILD · LD6270.5%
  15. 15CHANDRA PRAKASHIndependent · IND4100.3%
  16. 16INDRA NARAYANIndependent · IND3970.3%
  17. 17ASLAM KHANIndependent · IND2440.2%
  18. 18ABDULLAHIndependent · IND2310.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SP
Winner now
SP
SP–BSP swing
−27.0%
SP share
35.6% → 31.1%
BSP share
0.0% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
159. Khesraha161. Khalilabad
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