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436. Lucknow

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-LUCKNOW

BJP 57.8%won by 29.0%SP 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 29.0%.

  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
15,12,907
Turnout
49.4%
Valid votes
7,46,669
Margin
2,16,263
28.96%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,31,73857.8%
  2. 2MUZAFFAR ALISamajwadi Party · SP2,15,47528.9%
  3. 3DR. DAUJI GUPTABahujan Samaj Party · BSP56,8877.6%
  4. 4RANJEET SINGHIndian National Congress · INC38,6365.2%
  5. 5KM. KATORI DEVIIndependent · IND1,0990.1%
  6. 6INDRA DEO SINGHAGRJP · AGRJP5030.1%
  7. 7FAGU RAMIndependent · IND4310.1%
  8. 8SHAHEEKIndependent · IND3670.0%
  9. 9KAKA JOGINDER SINGH URF DHARTI PAKADIndependent · IND3500.0%
  10. 10KRISHNA KUMAR AWASTHIIndependent · IND3300.0%
  11. 11P.C. LUNIAGIP · GIP2920.0%
  12. 12SMT. RUMA SETHIndependent · IND2690.0%
  13. 13MAHESH CHANDIndependent · IND1740.0%
  14. 14MOHD. ISMAIL ANSARIIRF · IRF1180.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
+13.3%
BJP share
52.2% → 57.8%
SP share
36.5% → 28.9%
Turnout
50.8% → 49.4%
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