Constituency
419. Almora
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-ALMORA
BJP 52.4%won by 18.8%INC 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.5% to 18.8%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 67.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 45.6%.
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Electorate
9,55,400
Turnout
45.6%
Valid votes
4,36,005
Margin
81,903
18.78%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1BACHI SINGH RAWATBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,28,41452.4%
- 2HARISH CHANDRA SINGH RAWATIndian National Congress · INC1,46,51133.6%
- 3KASHI SINGH AIRYIndependent · IND34,7458.0%
- 4JEEWAN SHARMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,0595.1%
- 5DEVENDRA SINGH RAWATAJBP · AJBP2,1630.5%
- 6ANIL PALIWALAIRJP · AIRJP2,1130.5%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +4.3%
- BJP share
- 41.0% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 26.6% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 42.1% → 45.6%