Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Basti

Malviya, Keshva Deva (INC) won by 56,637 votes (7.2%).

Electors
8,07,318
Votes polled
7,82,198
Valid votes
7,82,198
Turnout
96.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 7.2% (median 11.1%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
0.3%(-11.1%)
Turnout
50.3%(-2.8%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
59.3%

Winning margin over time · Basti

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199946%

Candidates

Candidates · Basti 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Malviya, Keshva DevaWinnerINC2,41,18630.8%
1Ram GaribWinnerIND1,84,54923.6%
3Nayar, Krishna KarunakarIND1,83,89023.5%
4Sheo NarainINC1,72,57322.1%

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