Elections Archive

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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199951%

Candidates

Candidates · Salempur 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Naresh KushwahaWinnerBLD2,53,65972.1%
2Tarkeshwar PandeyINC72,73820.7%
3Deen Dayal SinghRRP11,3893.2%
4Mustak AhmadIND8,3922.4%
5Dhirendra Nath ShastriIND5,6231.6%

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