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491. Hathras

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-HATHRAS

BJP 49.3%won by 26.9%BSP 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.2% to 26.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 47.0%.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
11,30,805
Turnout
47.0%
Valid votes
5,30,921
Margin
1,42,580
26.86%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KISHAN LAL DILERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,61,80949.3%
  2. 2GANGA PRASAD PUSHKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,19,22922.5%
  3. 3PURANCHANDRASamajwadi Party · SP1,18,17722.3%
  4. 4CHANDRAPAL SHAILANIIndian National Congress · INC20,8713.9%
  5. 5RAM BETIIndependent · IND3,9360.7%
  6. 6RAMESH CHANDRA RATANJanata Dal · JD3,9160.7%
  7. 7VEERPAL SURYAVANSHIApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2,5580.5%
  8. 8SHYAM SHARAN GAUTAMIndependent · IND4250.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
+0.6%
BJP share
48.6% → 49.3%
BSP share
22.4% → 22.5%
Turnout
38.3% → 47.0%
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