MariahuAssembly by-election result, 1998
Barkhu Ram Verma (BSP) won Mariahu in the 1998 assembly by-election with 29.0% of the vote, beating Savitri Devi (BJP) by 275 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1969, seat no. 251 was Kolaslah. Seats were renumbered for the 2002 election, after Uttarakhand became a separate state. From 2002, seat no. 251 is Meja. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
Mariahu was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 275 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barkhu Ram Verma | 26,49929.0% | |
| 2 | Savitri Devi | 26,22428.7% | |
| 3 | Pandhari Lal Yadav | 18,68220.4% | |
| 4 | Kishori Lal Yadav AD | AD | 14,51815.9% |
| 5 | Yatindra Nath Tripathi | 3,7604.1% | |
| 6 | Lal Bahadur Singh Yadav | 9351.0% | |
| 7 | Chhote Lal IND | IND | 2350.3% |
| 8 | Lalman IND | IND | 1380.1% |
| 9 | Asgar Imam IND | IND | 1090.1% |
| 10 | Hawaldar IND | IND | 1010.1% |
| 11 | Dhirendra IND | IND | 730.1% |
| 12 | Kaka Joginder Singh Urf Dharti Pakar IND | IND | 710.1% |
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 78% of the votes.
Parties in the race 4.25 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.
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