Constituency
458. Salempur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SALEMPUR
SP 30.8%won by 7.0%SAP 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 7.0%.
- SP vote shareSP went from 0.0% to 30.8% of the vote here (+30.8%).
- New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 54.6% of the vote between them, up from 49.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.7% to 40.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,52,901
Turnout
40.5%
Valid votes
5,07,500
Margin
35,696
7.03%
Candidates
25 contested · winner SP- 1HARIVANSH SAHAYSamajwadi Party · SP1,56,42730.8%
- 2HARIKEVAL PRASHADSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,20,73123.8%
- 3RAM NARESH KUSHWAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,02,73220.2%
- 4KAMESHWAR UPPADHYAIndian National Congress · INC57,00911.2%
- 5BHOLA PANDEYAIICT · AIICT30,1585.9%
- 6SHRIRAMCommunist Party of India · CPI5,7001.1%
- 7BHOLAIndependent · IND4,7570.9%
- 8SURESHIndependent · IND4,1260.8%
- 9SADANANDApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD4,0640.8%
- 10RAMASHERA CHAUHANIndependent · IND3,1640.6%
- 11BHANU PRAKASH MISHRAShiv Sena · SHS1,9280.4%
- 12KRISHNA BIHARI YADAVIndependent · IND1,8580.4%
- 13PURENDERAIndependent · IND1,7560.3%
- 14INDERA BHUSHANIndependent · IND1,5490.3%
- 15SUBASH SINGHJanahitha Paksha · JP1,5130.3%
- 16GIRISH CHANDERIndependent · IND1,4560.3%
- 17INAMULHAQIndependent · IND1,3920.3%
- 18RAM CHHATARIndependent · IND1,1470.2%
- 19ANRIDUH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,1230.2%
- 20VISHAVNATHPSS · PSS1,0490.2%
- 21UMA SHANKERIndependent · IND9180.2%
- 22RAGHAV PANDEYIndependent · IND7870.2%
- 23RAM NARAIN SINGH KUSHWAHIndependent · IND7380.1%
- 24GURU PRASHADIndependent · IND7360.1%
- 25ANRUDHIndependent · IND6820.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- SPflipped
- SP–SAP swing
- +7.0%
- SP share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- SAP share
- 0.0% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- 47.2% → 40.5%