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465. Saidpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SAIDPUR

BJP 33.2%won by 0.1%SP 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.1% to 0.1%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 53.8%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 825 votes (0.12%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
12,95,938
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
6,96,705
Margin
825
0.12%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIJAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,31,40733.2%
  2. 2TOOFANISamajwadi Party · SP2,30,58233.1%
  3. 3SHIV BODH RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,96,27628.2%
  4. 4RAMNATHIndian National Congress · INC20,8823.0%
  5. 5PREM KUMARApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD7,9231.1%
  6. 6RAJBAHADURJanata Dal · JD3,4840.5%
  7. 7KANHAIYAIndependent · IND2,1800.3%
  8. 8GAMARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,1300.3%
  9. 9CHANDRASHEKHERIndependent · IND1,8410.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−4.0%
BJP share
33.3% → 33.2%
SP share
29.2% → 33.1%
Turnout
46.2% → 53.8%
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