Constituency
490. Mathura
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MATHURA
BJP 49.1%won by 30.7%BSP 18.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 30.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.5% of the vote between them, up from 54.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.1% to 52.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,75,879
Turnout
52.6%
Valid votes
6,18,750
Margin
1,90,030
30.71%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1TEJVEERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,03,83149.1%
- 2POORAN PRAKASHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,13,80118.4%
- 3MANVENDRA SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,03,04116.7%
- 4MAHESH PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC61,95210.0%
- 5ROSHAN SINGHBKKGP · BKKGP23,0333.7%
- 6POORAN CHAND MAHAWARIndependent · IND3,4870.6%
- 7RAM BABUIndependent · IND2,8350.5%
- 8PT. GIRISH CHANDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND2,4290.4%
- 9FAKKADIndependent · IND1,8790.3%
- 10RANVEER SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,6480.3%
- 11CH. CHANDRA VEER SINGHIndependent · IND5340.1%
- 12BRINDAVAN DASIndependent · IND2800.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–BSP swing
- +17.6%
- BJP share
- 33.9% → 49.1%
- BSP share
- 20.8% → 18.4%
- Turnout
- 42.5% → 52.6%