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Constituency

483. Kannauj

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KANNAUJ

BJP 37.7%won by 9.4%SP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 23.5% to 37.7% of the vote here (+14.2%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.9% of the vote between them, up from 59.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
11,40,665
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
5,81,285
Margin
54,880
9.44%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPSP swing
−14.0%
BJP share
23.5% 37.7%
SP share
0.0% 28.2%
Turnout
50.2% 51.0%