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501. Hardwar

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-HARDWAR

BJP 35.5%won by 4.9%BSP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.1% to 4.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — 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 66.1% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 56.3%.

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

Electorate
11,83,770
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
6,66,882
Margin
32,847
4.93%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPBSP swing
−15.6%
BJP share
44.7% 35.5%
BSP share
24.2% 30.6%
Turnout
61.2% 56.3%