GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Salempur
Ram Naresh Kushwaha (BLD) won by 1,80,921 votes (51.4%).
- Electors
- 6,74,680
- Votes polled
- 3,58,364
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 53.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 51.4% (median 24.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Ram Naresh KushwahaWinner | BLD | 2,53,659 | 72.1% |
| 2 | Tarkeshwar Pandey | INC | 72,738 | 20.7% |
| 3 | Deen Dayal Singh | RRP | 11,389 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Mustak Ahmad | IND | 8,392 | 2.4% |
| 5 | Dhirendra Nath Shastri | IND | 5,623 | 1.6% |
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