Election
Constituency

240. Shahganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2002

UP-SHAHGANJ

SP 29.5%won by 4.1%BSP 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • SP vote shareSP went from 0.0% to 29.5% of the vote here (+29.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.9% between them, down from 65.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,43,014
Margin
5,822
4.07%

Candidates

14 contested · winner SP
  1. 1JAGDIS SONKARSamajwadi Party · SP42,18029.5%
  2. 2RAM PHER GAUTAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP36,35825.4%
  3. 3BANKAY LAL SONKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,11025.2%
  4. 4PUTTI RAM ALIAS MUNSHI RAM SONKARRTKP · RTKP16,64311.6%
  5. 5KARM VEER BHARATIIndian National Congress · INC6,3474.4%
  6. 6KAMALA PRASADApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,3350.9%
  7. 7SOCHAN RAMIndependent · IND9960.7%
  8. 8RAM ADHARIndependent · IND7140.5%
  9. 9MUKUND LALUPRP · UPRP4930.3%
  10. 10RAM CHANDRA GAUTAMNew Labour Party · NLP4630.3%
  11. 11SUBHASHIndependent · IND4630.3%
  12. 12BACHCHUIndependent · IND4360.3%
  13. 13JIYALALIndependent · IND2590.2%
  14. 14DOODH NATHIndependent · IND2170.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
SPflipped
SP–BSP swing
+33.9%
SP share
0.0% → 29.5%
BSP share
29.9% → 25.4%
Turnout
— → —
239. Rari241. Khutahan
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