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458. Ghatampur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-GHATAMPUR

JD 32.6%won by 10.2%BJP 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 10.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.0% between them, down from 87.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 46.5%.

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

Electorate
9,22,050
Turnout
46.5%
Valid votes
4,28,324
Margin
43,647
10.19%

Candidates

17 contested · winner JD
  1. 1KESHARI LALJanata Dal · JD1,39,56032.6%
  2. 2RAM NATH KOVINDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP95,91322.4%
  3. 3KAMTA PRASAD SANKHWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP57,85413.5%
  4. 4GANGA SAGAR SANKHWARIndian National Congress · INC57,02313.3%
  5. 5GAYA PRASADJanahitha Paksha · JP54,26212.7%
  6. 6UMESH CHANDRA SANKHWARLKD · LKD6,8481.6%
  7. 7RAM DASSOPL · SOPL5,3161.2%
  8. 8VIJAY KUMARBKUS · BKUS2,2370.5%
  9. 9MAIYA DEENIndependent · IND1,5230.4%
  10. 10KANTA DEVI (W)Shiv Sena · SHS1,5110.4%
  11. 11NATHU RAMIndependent · IND1,4070.3%
  12. 12RAJA BABUIndependent · IND8980.2%
  13. 13A.R. SENIndependent · IND8830.2%
  14. 14DHANI RAMIndependent · IND8400.2%
  15. 15RAM BABU BHARTIIndependent · IND8130.2%
  16. 16THAKUR PRASADDDP · DDP7370.2%
  17. 17GAYA RAMIndependent · IND6990.2%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−50.3%
JD share
60.5% → 32.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 22.4%
Turnout
51.5% → 46.5%
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