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501. Hardwar

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-HARDWAR

BJP 44.7%won by 18.1%SP 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.9% to 18.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.3% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.6% to 61.2%.

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

Electorate
11,70,000
Turnout
61.2%
Valid votes
7,15,790
Margin
1,29,873
18.14%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1HARPAL SINGH SATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,20,22944.7%
  2. 2JAG PAL SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1,90,35626.6%
  3. 3RAM SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,73,49524.2%
  4. 4CHAMAN LAL CHAMANIndian National Congress · INC21,1943.0%
  5. 5SATYA PALIndependent · IND6,3590.9%
  6. 6OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND2,4640.3%
  7. 7ROOP CHANDIndependent · IND9830.1%
  8. 8JITENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND4340.1%
  9. 9BRIJESH KUMARIndependent · IND2760.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
+7.3%
BJP share
37.4% → 44.7%
SP share
26.6% → 26.6%
Turnout
52.5% → 61.2%
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