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496. Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MEERUT

BJP 42.2%won by 6.5%SP 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.3% to 6.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 59.9%.

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

Electorate
12,63,086
Turnout
59.9%
Valid votes
7,55,929
Margin
48,805
6.46%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1AMAR PAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,19,16842.2%
  2. 2JAGVEER SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP2,70,36335.8%
  3. 3ARUN KUMAR JAINBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,13,58115.0%
  4. 4MOHISINA KIDWAIIndian National Congress · INC39,3965.2%
  5. 5KULVEERIndependent · IND4,2260.6%
  6. 6SUKKHANLSWP · LSWP3,2360.4%
  7. 7SHAHEEN PARVEZJanata Dal · JD1,4380.2%
  8. 8PRADEEP KUMARBRVP · BRVP1,2150.2%
  9. 9DR. HARI SINGH AZADABLTP · ABLTP6090.1%
  10. 10RAMA DEVIABGMKP · ABGMKP5350.1%
  11. 11RAMESH CHANDAJBP · AJBP4660.1%
  12. 12TARA CHANDIndependent · IND4490.1%
  13. 13JAGVEER SINGH GURJARIndependent · IND3920.1%
  14. 14SATISHIndependent · IND3270.0%
  15. 15SAYED VASI AHMADIndependent · IND2890.0%
  16. 16SANGRAMAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1280.0%
  17. 17RAJENDRAIndependent · IND1110.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−42.2%
BJP share
48.7% → 42.2%
SP share
0.0% → 35.8%
Turnout
51.2% → 59.9%
495. Hapur497. Baghpat
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