Constituency
487. Etah
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-ETAH
BJP 44.3%won by 1.9%SP 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 1.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.7% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.8% to 62.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,29,678
Turnout
62.9%
Valid votes
6,48,057
Margin
12,140
1.87%
Candidates
15 contested · winner BJP- 1MAHADEEPAK SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,86,98244.3%
- 2KR. DEVENRA SINGH YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP2,74,84242.4%
- 3RAGHUNATH SINGH LODHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP59,8079.2%
- 4KUNWAR PAL SINGH ALIAS K.P. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,6621.2%
- 5PURUSHOTTAM SINGHIndependent · IND6,7211.0%
- 6KALI CHARAN S/O MUNSHI SINGHIndependent · IND6,5811.0%
- 7MASOOQ KHANNew Labour Party · NLP1,7990.3%
- 8BHAAP SINGHIndependent · IND1,6060.2%
- 9KALICHARAN S/O JANGI SINGHIndependent · IND6180.1%
- 10ABBAL SINGHIndependent · IND4770.1%
- 11MAHESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND3340.1%
- 12SHYAM BAHADURAJBP · AJBP2910.0%
- 13SUKHWASI LAL YADAVIndependent · IND1360.0%
- 14RAMAUTARIndependent · IND1160.0%
- 15ASHOK RATANIndependent · IND850.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–SP swing
- −7.8%
- BJP share
- 40.5% → 44.3%
- SP share
- 30.8% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- 46.2% → 62.9%