Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Allahabad

Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP) won by 43,290 votes (6.5%).

Electors
14,09,229
Votes polled
6,76,551
Valid votes
Turnout
48.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 6.5% (median 7.6%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
10.8%(+4.4%)
Turnout
46.0%(-2.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
56.7%

Winning margin over time · Allahabad

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199943%

Candidates

Candidates · Allahabad 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Murli Manohar JoshiWinnerBJP2,65,23239.7%
2Shayama Charan GuptaSP2,21,94233.2%
3Dr. K.P. SrivastavaBSP1,14,17917.1%
4Dal Bahadur SinghINC29,0924.4%
5Dr. Kailash Nath Singh PatelAD22,2103.3%
6Brijesh KumarIND2,7940.4%
7Mohammad AhmadJD1,9490.3%
8Phool ChandIND1,8490.3%
9Shobh NathIND1,3690.2%
10Kamichchha PrasadABJS1,1660.2%
11Jeet Lal YadavALD1,1370.2%
12Rajendra Pratap SinghIND9230.1%
13SudamaIND6360.1%
14Shanker Lal KushwahaIND6060.1%
15K.P. MisraAJBP5770.1%
16Rajit Ram MishraIND5410.1%
17Ajay SinghIND5390.1%
18Pt. Rajeshwar Prasad TiwariIND5220.1%
19Sahid Kamal Abbas Alias Shahid MajdoonRJD3170.0%
20Kamlesh KumarIND3140.0%
21Amar Chandra JaiswalIND1890.0%

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