GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Salempur
Vishwanath Pandey (INC) won by 24,483 votes (12.2%).
- Electors
- 4,55,603
- Votes polled
- 2,09,268
- Valid votes
- 2,00,008
- Turnout
- 45.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 12.2% (median 12.2%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1962 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 | Vishwanath PandeyWinner | INC | 66,351 | 33.2% |
| 2 | Raj Kumar | SOC | 41,868 | 20.9% |
| 3 | Bhai Ramji | IND | 41,847 | 20.9% |
| 4 | Ram Naresh | PSP | 27,441 | 13.7% |
| 5 | Saryu Prasad Misra | IND | 15,385 | 7.7% |
| 6 | Badri Narain | SWA | 7,116 | 3.6% |
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