Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Basti

Shriram Chauhan (BJP) won by 1,832 votes (0.3%).

Electors
11,81,116
Votes polled
5,93,932
Valid votes
Turnout
50.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1999 national median: 0.3% (median 7.9%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1999 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199946%

Candidates

Candidates · Basti 1999
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shriram ChauhanWinnerBJP1,74,37829.8%
2Lal Mani PrasadBSP1,72,54629.5%
3Kalpnath SonkarSP1,44,22224.6%
4Ram JiyawanINC78,61813.4%
5Chandra Bali KanaujiaAD8,8821.5%
6Sita RamIND2,5510.4%
7Pawan KumarIND1,6210.3%
8Arun Baboo Ram BhartiSHS1,3530.2%
9Ram LautIND1,1880.2%

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