Election
Constituency

486. Jalesar

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JALESAR

SP 39.7%won by 0.4%BJP 39.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 0.4%.

  • SP vote shareSP went from 15.4% to 39.7% of the vote here (+24.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 66.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 12.5% to 60.4%.

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

Electorate
11,08,249
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
6,69,251
Margin
2,734
0.41%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
SPflipped
SPBJP swing
+22.0%
SP share
15.4% 39.7%
BJP share
37.0% 39.3%
Turnout
47.9% 60.4%