GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Basti
Kalpa Nath Sonakar (JD) won by 33,219 votes (7.4%).
- Electors
- 9,49,910
- Votes polled
- 4,73,013
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 49.8%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 7.4% (median 12.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1989 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.3%(-11.1%)
- Turnout
- 50.3%(-2.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 59.3%
Winning margin over time · Basti
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalpa Nath SonakarWinner | JD | 1,79,586 | 39.9% |
| 2 | Ram Awadh Prasad | INC | 1,46,367 | 32.6% |
| 3 | Padarath | BSP | 67,188 | 14.9% |
| 4 | Dukhi Ram Rahi | JNP (JP) | 18,766 | 4.2% |
| 5 | Kumarey | DDP | 16,340 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Ram Achal | LKD (B) | 10,415 | 2.3% |
| 7 | Bhikhi Ram | MUM | 4,503 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Ram Milan Tyagi | IND | 4,126 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Sangram Singh | UPRP | 2,338 | 0.5% |
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