GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Salempur
Bishwanath Roy (INC) won by 29,579 votes (18.1%).
- Electors
- 4,28,505
- Votes polled
- 1,63,090
- Valid votes
- 1,63,090
- Turnout
- 38.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 18.1% (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%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 1.4%(-4.8%)
- Turnout
- 51.1%(+1.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 52.2%
Winning margin over time · Salempur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishwanath RoyWinner | INC | 62,771 | 38.5% |
| 2 | Uma Shanker | IND | 33,192 | 20.4% |
| 3 | Ramji Bhai | IND | 24,643 | 15.1% |
| 4 | Pratap Kumar Tandon | CPI | 15,874 | 9.7% |
| 5 | Jagat Narain | PSP | 15,063 | 9.2% |
| 6 | Rama Shanker | BJS | 11,547 | 7.1% |
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