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442. Sultanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SULTANPUR

BJP 40.6%won by 9.7%SP 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.1% to 9.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.3% to 54.3%.

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

Electorate
12,23,178
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
6,64,534
Margin
64,448
9.70%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DEBENDRA BAHADUR RAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,69,95140.6%
  2. 2DR. RITA BAHUGUNASamajwadi Party · SP2,05,50330.9%
  3. 3MOID AHMADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,40,15721.1%
  4. 4BIRENDRA NATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,9392.8%
  5. 5THAKUR PRASAD PATEL ADVOCATEApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD11,9941.8%
  6. 6ARSHAD KHAN PAWARNew Labour Party · NLP5,5410.8%
  7. 7MAHENDRAIndependent · IND3,2810.5%
  8. 8RAM ASHISH SAROJIndependent · IND2,6370.4%
  9. 9CHANDRA BHUSHANAIndependent · IND2,5330.4%
  10. 10BRAMHCHARI VISHWANATH DAS SHASTRIIndependent · IND1,5680.2%
  11. 11VIRENDRA SONKARIndependent · IND9760.1%
  12. 12OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND8270.1%
  13. 13TILAK RAMIndependent · IND6270.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−11.4%
BJP share
42.5% → 40.6%
SP share
21.5% → 30.9%
Turnout
46.1% → 54.3%
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