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450. Basti

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BASTI

BJP 37.5%won by 9.4%SP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.6% to 9.4%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.7% of the vote between them, up from 57.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
11,56,395
Turnout
46.1%
Valid votes
5,32,900
Margin
49,838
9.35%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SRIRAM CHAUHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,99,94137.5%
  2. 2RAMKARAN ARYASamajwadi Party · SP1,50,10328.2%
  3. 3LALMANI PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,32,46024.9%
  4. 4RAM JIYAVANIndian National Congress · INC16,0403.0%
  5. 5RAM PATHIndependent · IND12,7362.4%
  6. 6RAJ KUMAR S/O HIRAAIICT · AIICT4,5070.8%
  7. 7RAMAHALIndependent · IND3,6400.7%
  8. 8RAM CHANDER GONDApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,3620.6%
  9. 9TILAK RAMIndependent · IND1,9400.4%
  10. 10SHIV SHANKARIndependent · IND1,8740.4%
  11. 11RAM PARASIndependent · IND1,3090.2%
  12. 12SHYAM DULAREIndependent · IND1,0420.2%
  13. 13AVADH RAJIndependent · IND9850.2%
  14. 14RAJ KUMAR S/O BHAGWAN DASIndependent · IND8350.2%
  15. 15INDRA DEVSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD7550.1%
  16. 16RAM BUJHARATIndependent · IND7160.1%
  17. 17RAM TIRATHIndependent · IND6550.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−27.8%
BJP share
37.2% → 37.5%
SP share
0.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
45.2% → 46.1%
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