GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Basti
Shri Ram Chauhan (BJP) won by 70,217 votes (11.4%).
- Electors
- 11,73,334
- Votes polled
- 6,22,433
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 53.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 11.4% (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.
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 | Shri Ram ChauhanWinner | BJP | 2,44,233 | 39.8% |
| 2 | Kalp Nath Sonkar | SP | 1,74,016 | 28.4% |
| 3 | Lal Mani Prasad | BSP | 1,43,040 | 23.3% |
| 4 | Ram Jiyawan | INC | 39,156 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Indra Jeet | NLP | 6,296 | 1.0% |
| 6 | Ram Lagan Kannaujia | AD | 4,778 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Bhagwan Das | IND | 1,101 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Hari Ram | IND | 973 | 0.2% |
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