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492. Aligarh

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-ALIGARH

BJP 39.6%won by 14.6%BSP 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 14.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 73.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.3% to 44.2%.

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

Electorate
12,53,174
Turnout
44.2%
Valid votes
5,54,097
Margin
80,817
14.59%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Sheela GautamBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,19,31339.6%
  2. 2Sahab SinghBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,38,49625.0%
  3. 3Sunil SinghSamajwadi Party · SP1,35,23224.4%
  4. 4Usha Rani TomrIndian National Congress · INC42,6307.7%
  5. 5Mohan LalRUD · RUD4,1040.7%
  6. 6Jagveer SinghIndependent · IND3,6660.7%
  7. 7AlamgeerIndian Union Muslim League · IUML3,0690.6%
  8. 8Shishu Pal SinghJammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim) · JKNPP1,9980.4%
  9. 9Gyan Chandra VarshneyIndependent · IND1,5120.3%
  10. 10JugendraRSD · RSD1,4070.3%
  11. 11V.K. JainRAM · RAM1,1690.2%
  12. 12Dr. NajmuddinIndependent · IND5460.1%
  13. 13Chandra PrakashAJBP · AJBP3500.1%
  14. 14Charan SinghASP · ASP3310.1%
  15. 15SunitaIndependent · IND1610.0%
  16. 16Veerpal SinghIndependent · IND1130.0%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−15.8%
BJP share
47.6% → 39.6%
BSP share
17.2% → 25.0%
Turnout
49.5% → 44.2%
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