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240. Shahganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2007

UP-SHAHGANJ

SP 30.7%won by 0.5%BSP 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Samajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.1% to 0.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 60.9% of the vote between them, up from 54.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 666 votes (0.49%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,34,712
Margin
666
0.49%

Candidates

13 contested · winner SP
  1. 1JAGDISH SONKARSamajwadi Party · SP41,35430.7%
  2. 2RAMPHER GAUTAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP40,68830.2%
  3. 3BANKELAL SONKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,91723.7%
  4. 4ANITA RAWATSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party · SBSP8,9246.6%
  5. 5RAM LALIndependent · IND3,3642.5%
  6. 6MEWA LAL PUSKARIndian National Congress · INC2,7402.0%
  7. 7ANIL KUMAR SONKARLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,4631.1%
  8. 8JHAU LALIndependent · IND8420.6%
  9. 9YOGENDRA KUMARRSMD · RSMD8340.6%
  10. 10MADAN PRASAD KEWATPMSP · PMSP7590.6%
  11. 11ABHAY RAJ BHARTIIndependent · IND7310.5%
  12. 12JAI PRAKASHIndependent · IND5590.4%
  13. 13RAM NAYAN KURILIJP · IJP5370.4%

Since 2002

Derived
Winner then
SP
Winner now
SP
SP–BSP swing
−3.6%
SP share
29.5% → 30.7%
BSP share
25.4% → 30.2%
Turnout
— → —
239. Rari241. Khutahan
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