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500. Saharanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SAHARANPUR

BJP 33.2%won by 7.2%BSP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 7.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 66.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 67.0%.

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

Electorate
12,37,571
Turnout
67.0%
Valid votes
8,28,813
Margin
59,836
7.22%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1NAKLI SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,75,10333.2%
  2. 2KANSHIRAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,15,26726.0%
  3. 3RASHEED MASOODBKKGP · BKKGP1,49,75118.1%
  4. 4MOHAMMAD IRSHADSamajwadi Party · SP1,43,24317.3%
  5. 5DR. MASOOD AHMADNew Labour Party · NLP18,5742.2%
  6. 6NAUMAN MASOODIndependent · IND7,4560.9%
  7. 7ANIL KUMARIndependent · IND4,7380.6%
  8. 8CHANDRA PAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,3200.5%
  9. 9RAJESHIndependent · IND3,7480.5%
  10. 10UMA BHUSHANIndependent · IND3,4220.4%
  11. 11DEEPAKJanata Dal · JD2,4320.3%
  12. 12KAWAR SENIndependent · IND4200.1%
  13. 13ATAR SINGHIndependent · IND3390.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−4.4%
BJP share
33.2% → 33.2%
BSP share
21.6% → 26.0%
Turnout
58.3% → 67.0%
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