EElectionLens
Constituency

478. Saharanpur

Community mirror

Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-SAHARANPUR

JD 41.6%won by 3.1%BJP 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.5% to 3.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 88.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
9,65,458
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
5,92,194
Margin
18,342
3.10%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDBJP swing
−51.5%
JD share
54.6% 41.6%
BJP share
0.0% 38.5%
Turnout
61.2% 61.3%