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501. Hardwar

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-HARDWAR

BJP 37.4%won by 10.9%SP 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.4% to 10.9%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 77.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 52.5%.

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

Electorate
11,58,091
Turnout
52.5%
Valid votes
6,08,431
Margin
66,100
10.86%

Candidates

24 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARPAL SATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,27,67537.4%
  2. 2JAG PAL SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,61,57526.6%
  3. 3ILAM SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,57,30325.9%
  4. 4RUDAR DEVIndian National Congress · INC29,9994.9%
  5. 5DAL CHANDER CHACHARAIICT · AIICT10,2341.7%
  6. 6RUP CHANDIndependent · IND6,8631.1%
  7. 7BRIJ PALIndependent · IND3,8890.6%
  8. 8CHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,9910.3%
  9. 9ISAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,6160.3%
  10. 10MUWASI RAMIndependent · IND1,4340.2%
  11. 11JOTI RAMIndependent · IND9410.2%
  12. 12SATYA PAULARS · ARS7600.1%
  13. 13MANGAIndependent · IND6720.1%
  14. 14ANIL KUMARJanahitha Paksha · JP5980.1%
  15. 15OM SINGH KAPOORIndependent · IND4840.1%
  16. 16HUNARIndependent · IND4300.1%
  17. 17DHARAM SINGH SAUDAIIndependent · IND3760.1%
  18. 18DHARA SINGHBSSM · BSSM3260.1%
  19. 19OM PALIndependent · IND2910.0%
  20. 20KEWAL RAMIndependent · IND2680.0%
  21. 21BHAGWAN DASSIndependent · IND2620.0%
  22. 22LEKH RAMIndependent · IND1720.0%
  23. 23PRITAMIndependent · IND1450.0%
  24. 24MAHINDER SINGH LAMIANIndependent · IND1270.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−28.3%
BJP share
39.2% → 37.4%
SP share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
58.3% → 52.5%
500. Saharanpur502. Cooch Behar
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