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Constituency

189. Salempur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2002

UP-SALEMPUR

BSP 32.5%won by 3.2%SP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.7% to 3.2%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.8% of the vote between them, up from 53.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,27,812
Margin
4,034
3.16%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSPSP swing
−25.7%
BSP share
28.9% 32.5%
SP share
0.0% 29.3%
Turnout