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455. Maharajganj

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

BJP 30.2%won by 5.5%BSP 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 5.5%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 14.5% to 30.2% of the vote here (+15.7%).
  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 24.7% — it polled just 0.3% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.9% between them, down from 72.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 55.4%.

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

Electorate
10,90,652
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
6,04,712
Margin
33,550
5.55%

Candidates

47 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PANKAJ CHAUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,82,85530.2%
  2. 2HARSH VARDHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,49,30524.7%
  3. 3AKHILESHSamajwadi Party · SP1,19,46219.8%
  4. 4HARI SHANKER TIWARIAIICT · AIICT70,61011.7%
  5. 5JITENDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,4294.4%
  6. 6AVID HUSSAINIndependent · IND5,6970.9%
  7. 7RANJITIndependent · IND4,1450.7%
  8. 8NARSINGHIndependent · IND4,1290.7%
  9. 9ASHWANIIndependent · IND3,1580.5%
  10. 10DHURVE NARAINIndependent · IND2,7020.4%
  11. 11RAJESH KUMARIndependent · IND2,3570.4%
  12. 12RAM VRICHM GUPTAIndependent · IND2,1270.4%
  13. 13HAFIZ MUSTAQ KHANIndependent · IND1,8960.3%
  14. 14RAJENDRA PRASHAD NISHADIndependent · IND1,8370.3%
  15. 15PARMESHWARIndependent · IND1,7820.3%
  16. 16AMRESHJanahitha Paksha · JP1,6850.3%
  17. 17SURENDRA CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,6240.3%
  18. 18PHARAI NISHADIndependent · IND1,5850.3%
  19. 19GULRAJIndependent · IND1,5840.3%
  20. 20ASHOKIndependent · IND1,5590.3%
  21. 21KAILASH MAURYAIndependent · IND1,5020.2%
  22. 22ANAND PRAKASHIndependent · IND1,3500.2%
  23. 23MADAN PANDEYIndependent · IND1,2900.2%
  24. 24RAM NARESHIndependent · IND1,2170.2%
  25. 25UMESHAIndependent · IND1,0570.2%
  26. 26RAM SHANKER CHORASIAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,0100.2%
  27. 27ISHMAILIndependent · IND9640.2%
  28. 28SUSHIL KUMARIndependent · IND9420.2%
  29. 29SANT KUMARIndependent · IND7780.1%
  30. 30BARKAT ALIIndependent · IND7530.1%
  31. 31RAMESHIndependent · IND7180.1%
  32. 32SUDESHIndependent · IND6530.1%
  33. 33R.K. TRIPATHIIndependent · IND5680.1%
  34. 34RAM BACHAN CHORASIAIndependent · IND5620.1%
  35. 35RAMESHWARIndependent · IND5010.1%
  36. 36JITENDRA BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND4840.1%
  37. 37PRABHU YADAVIndependent · IND4650.1%
  38. 38LAL CHANDIndependent · IND4500.1%
  39. 39SURESHIndependent · IND4430.1%
  40. 40RAJ MANGALIndependent · IND4300.1%
  41. 41PURANWASIIndependent · IND3960.1%
  42. 42SHANKERIndependent · IND3720.1%
  43. 43MOHD. HARUNIndependent · IND3650.1%
  44. 44BUDHI NARAINIndependent · IND2990.0%
  45. 45BECHAN PRASAD SHASTRIIndependent · IND2800.0%
  46. 46JAMILIndependent · IND2280.0%
  47. 47AKHTAR ALIIndependent · IND1070.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–BSP swing
−8.7%
BJP share
14.5% → 30.2%
BSP share
0.3% → 24.7%
Turnout
61.1% → 55.4%
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