Constituency
442. Sultanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SULTANPUR
BJP 42.5%won by 21.1%SP 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.9% to 21.1%.
- New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.0% of the vote between them, up from 51.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 46.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,19,241
Turnout
46.1%
Valid votes
5,61,716
Margin
1,18,284
21.06%
Candidates
49 contested · winner BJP- 1DEVENDRA BAHADUR RAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,38,84342.5%
- 2KAMRUZAMA FAUGISamajwadi Party · SP1,20,55921.5%
- 3MOID AHMEDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,04,55218.6%
- 4KEDARNATH SINGHAIICT · AIICT20,2383.6%
- 5GIRIJESH KUMARIndependent · IND9,9441.8%
- 6RAJ KARAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,6801.7%
- 7BRIZLAL NISHADIndependent · IND7,5021.3%
- 8SHRIRAMIndependent · IND5,3971.0%
- 9MOHD. HAROONApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5,0320.9%
- 10MASHOOD AHMEDIndependent · IND4,3340.8%
- 11DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND3,7580.7%
- 12MERAZ AHMEDIndependent · IND3,4370.6%
- 13SARAN GAUTAMIndependent · IND3,2050.6%
- 14SURYA PRAKASH MISHRA (NANHE)Independent · IND2,5760.5%
- 15HAVALDARIndependent · IND2,0520.4%
- 16TRIVENI PRASAD BHEEMRPI · RPI1,9860.4%
- 17KOUSHAL KUMARShiv Sena · SHS1,4400.3%
- 18RIZVANIndependent · IND1,1010.2%
- 19RAMESHIndependent · IND1,0610.2%
- 20SAYEED ISRAT HUSSAINIndependent · IND1,0270.2%
- 21GAFFARIndependent · IND9080.2%
- 22TRIBHUVAN SINGHIndependent · IND8440.2%
- 23SAROJIndependent · IND8400.1%
- 24ZAMEEL AHMED KHANIndependent · IND8030.1%
- 25INDRADEVIndependent · IND7510.1%
- 26RAMAKANTHIndependent · IND6760.1%
- 27ABDUL TAHIRIndependent · IND6370.1%
- 28LALTA PRASADIndependent · IND6330.1%
- 29PHIRTURAMIndependent · IND6320.1%
- 30RAM GOPALIndependent · IND6090.1%
- 31DHARMA NARAYANIndependent · IND5960.1%
- 32RAM BODHIndependent · IND4990.1%
- 33JAY KUMARIndependent · IND4630.1%
- 34KRIPASANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND4540.1%
- 35ARUN KUMAR TRIPATHIIndependent · IND4290.1%
- 36FAINKUIndependent · IND4010.1%
- 37AMARNATHIndependent · IND3840.1%
- 38VINAY KUMARIndependent · IND3620.1%
- 39SHRAWAN KUMARIndependent · IND3610.1%
- 40RAM KHILAVANIndependent · IND3550.1%
- 41BAJRANG BALIIndependent · IND3410.1%
- 42ANAND SINGHIndependent · IND3340.1%
- 43SHIV PUJANIndependent · IND3280.1%
- 44NAND KUMARIndependent · IND3060.1%
- 45KRISHNA KUMARIndependent · IND2760.0%
- 46CHANDRA BHUSANIndependent · IND2430.0%
- 47PARAS NATHIndependent · IND2320.0%
- 48GOMATI PRASADIndependent · IND1490.0%
- 49PATAN DEENIndependent · IND1460.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–SP swing
- −14.6%
- BJP share
- 35.6% → 42.5%
- SP share
- 0.0% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- 40.5% → 46.1%