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467. Chandauli

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHANDAULI

BJP 32.3%won by 0.9%SP 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.3% to 0.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 52.5%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 6,482 votes (0.92%) — 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
13,40,169
Turnout
52.5%
Valid votes
7,02,962
Margin
6,482
0.92%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ANAND RATNA MAURYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,27,21932.3%
  2. 2JAWAHAR LAL JAYASWALSamajwadi Party · SP2,20,73731.4%
  3. 3SHASHI KANT RAJBHARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,89,80027.0%
  4. 4SHYAM LAL YADAVIndian National Congress · INC25,7563.7%
  5. 5KISHOR PRASAD VIND ADHIVAKTAIndependent · IND12,0871.7%
  6. 6UMESH CHANDRA MAURYAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD10,5321.5%
  7. 7AKHILENDRA PRATAP SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7,8671.1%
  8. 8CHANDRA KUMARIndependent · IND2,5270.4%
  9. 9GHAN SHYAM VERMAIndependent · IND1,8360.3%
  10. 10MUSAFIRIndependent · IND1,8340.3%
  11. 11NARENDA NATH DUBEY ADIGIndependent · IND1,1230.2%
  12. 12NEM CHANDIndependent · IND1,1190.2%
  13. 13SARAJUIndependent · IND5250.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−4.4%
BJP share
32.1% → 32.3%
SP share
26.8% → 31.4%
Turnout
46.0% → 52.5%
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