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465. Saidpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SAIDPUR

BJP 33.3%won by 4.1%SP 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.3% to 33.3% of the vote here (+7.0%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 62.4% of the vote between them, up from 56.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 46.2%.

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

Electorate
12,77,666
Turnout
46.2%
Valid votes
5,90,819
Margin
24,369
4.12%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIDHYASAGARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,96,62433.3%
  2. 2RAJ BAHADURSamajwadi Party · SP1,72,25529.2%
  3. 3SHIBODHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,67,40528.3%
  4. 4RAJNATH SONKAR SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC17,7663.0%
  5. 5SATYA DEOIndependent · IND6,6741.1%
  6. 6VIJU PATNAYAKIndependent · IND6,5921.1%
  7. 7KEDAR RAMApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5,5560.9%
  8. 8RAJ NATHFBL · FBL4,6810.8%
  9. 9GULABIndependent · IND2,2470.4%
  10. 10SANKATHA PRASHAD SHASTRIAIICT · AIICT2,1420.4%
  11. 11SHYAM LALIndependent · IND1,7990.3%
  12. 12BRAHMA DEOIndependent · IND1,6630.3%
  13. 13SHRI DEVIndependent · IND1,1980.2%
  14. 14RAM AWATAR SANEHIYASanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,0930.2%
  15. 15SOFIIndependent · IND7240.1%
  16. 16JITENDERIndependent · IND5940.1%
  17. 17RAMSAGARABBP · ABBP5930.1%
  18. 18RAM DHANIIndependent · IND4260.1%
  19. 19KESHAV PRASHADIndependent · IND3460.1%
  20. 20LALJI S/O RAJA RAMRPI · RPI3210.1%
  21. 21LALJI S/O RAM PATIIndependent · IND1200.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
−22.2%
BJP share
26.3% → 33.3%
SP share
0.0% → 29.2%
Turnout
39.3% → 46.2%
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