TulsipurAssembly by-election result, 1998
Kamlesh Kumar Singh (BJP) won Tulsipur in the 1998 assembly by-election with 39.0% of the vote, beating Abdul Mashhood Khan Alias Masood Bhayya (SP) by 4,009 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1969, seat no. 155 was Bahraich. Seats were renumbered for the 2002 election, after Uttarakhand became a separate state. From 2002, seat no. 155 is Itwa. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A closely fought contest. Kamlesh Kumar Singh won with a 3.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
18 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamlesh Kumar Singh | 40,01639.0% | |
| 2 | Abdul Mashhood Khan Alias Masood Bhayya | 36,00735.1% | |
| 3 | Ziledar Verma | 16,26415.9% | |
| 4 | Ahmad Hasan | 3,2953.2% | |
| 5 | Abdul Muied Khan IND | IND | 2,8932.8% |
| 6 | Riyaj A. IND | IND | 2,3712.3% |
| 7 | Suresh Singh IND | IND | 3430.3% |
| 8 | Abdul Azij Khan IND | IND | 2440.2% |
| 9 | Ali Hasan IND | IND | 1810.2% |
| 10 | Keshava Ram IND | IND | 1770.2% |
| 11 | Putti Lal IND | IND | 1400.1% |
| 12 | Tilak Ram IND | IND | 1320.1% |
| 13 | Obedullah IND | IND | 1280.1% |
| 14 | Rafiq Ahmad IND | IND | 1080.1% |
| 15 | Rais Ahmad IND | IND | 980.1% |
| 16 | Jagdamba Prasad IND | IND | 930.1% |
| 17 | Mohammad Mustafa Khan IND | IND | 450.0% |
| 18 | Surya Narain Pandey IND | IND | 430.0% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 90% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.30 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2012. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2012, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
Ask the state
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Who has won Tulsipur, 1974–1996
- 1974MANGREY SINGH (BJS), margin 28.5%
- 1977MANGAL DEO (INC), margin 7.6%
- 1980MANGAL DEO (INC(I)), margin 13.7%
- 1985MANGAL DEO (INC), margin 16.5%
- 1989RIZWAN ZAHEER ALIAS RIZZU (IND), margin 5.0%
- 1991KAMLESH KLUMAR (BJP), margin 4.8%
- 1993RIZWAN ZAHEER KHAN ALIAS RAJJU BHAIYA (SP), margin 10.9%
- 1996RIZWAN JAHIR URF RIJJU BHAIYA (BSP), margin 8.1%