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481. Kanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KANPUR

INC 46.2%won by 5.4%BJP 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 13.3% to 46.2% of the vote here (+32.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 44.8%.

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

Electorate
14,17,761
Turnout
44.8%
Valid votes
6,35,624
Margin
34,459
5.42%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+41.5%
INC share
13.3% 46.2%
BJP share
49.4% 40.8%
Turnout
48.5% 44.8%