Elections Archive

SC · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Maharajganj

Ashfaq Husain (INC(I)) won by 23,536 votes (6.8%).

Electors
6,46,075
Votes polled
3,53,655
Valid votes
Turnout
54.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 6.8% (median 16.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1980 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
1.6%(-2.6%)
Turnout
60.7%(+1.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
69.3%

Winning margin over time · Maharajganj

1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199944%

Candidates

Candidates · Maharajganj 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ashfaq HusainWinnerINC(I)1,33,08838.6%
2Janardan Singh AzadJNP(S)1,09,55231.8%
3Kedar NathJNP59,41517.2%
4Ram Krishna DwivediINC(U)12,3023.6%
5Sanktha Prasad YadavIND10,5833.1%
6Ganjeshwar TiwariIND6,9812.0%
7Sukh Shagar DasIND6,6431.9%
8Shibban Lal SaksenaIND6,4561.9%

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