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479. Ghatampur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-GHATAMPUR

BJP 36.9%won by 7.6%SP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 7.6%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.3% to 51.0%.

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

Electorate
10,97,085
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
5,59,653
Margin
42,489
7.59%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KAMAL RANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,06,59836.9%
  2. 2SHIV KUMAR BERIASamajwadi Party · SP1,64,10929.3%
  3. 3BHAGWATI PRASAD SAGARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,37,12124.5%
  4. 4VIRENDRAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD20,3353.6%
  5. 5KESHRI LALJanata Dal · JD17,6693.2%
  6. 6DR. PUSHPAIndian National Congress · INC10,2671.8%
  7. 7SUNEEL DUTTAIndependent · IND1,6400.3%
  8. 8RAGHURAJ VERMA ADVOCATEIndependent · IND1,0680.2%
  9. 9KHUSHI LALIndependent · IND8460.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−25.6%
BJP share
33.2% → 36.9%
SP share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
40.8% → 51.0%
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