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493. Khurja

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KHURJA

BJP 56.8%won by 40.0%BSP 16.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.8% to 40.0%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.7% to 45.6%.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
12,57,489
Turnout
45.6%
Valid votes
5,73,765
Margin
2,29,399
39.98%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ASHOK KUMAR PRADHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,25,79156.8%
  2. 2VIJAY SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP96,39216.8%
  3. 3VEER SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP75,33313.1%
  4. 4CH. HARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC71,40612.4%
  5. 5CHANDER PALBRVP · BRVP2,0390.4%
  6. 6VIJAY PALIndependent · IND1,6500.3%
  7. 7VEER PALIndependent · IND8940.2%
  8. 8MALKHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2600.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
+3.2%
BJP share
57.3% → 56.8%
BSP share
20.5% → 16.8%
Turnout
34.9% → 45.6%
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