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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 417Reserved (SC)

HaroraAssembly by-election result, 1998

Jagpal (BSP) won Harora in the 1998 assembly by-election with 43.5% of the vote, beating Mohar Singh (BJP) by 16,346 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1969, seat no. 417 was Deoband. Seats were renumbered for the 2002 election, after Uttarakhand became a separate state. From 2002, there is no seat no. 417. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Jagpal
BSP 43.5%BJP 28.3%8 others 28.3%
Votes
46,737
43.5% share
Winning margin
16,346
15.2% of votes
Candidates
10

A comfortable win — Jagpal won by 15.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Jagpal
46,73743.5%
2
Mohar Singh
30,39128.3%
3
Vimla Rakesh
19,42618.1%
4
Rajpal
BKKP
BKKP
6,1515.7%
5
Ram Singh
IND
IND
1,6691.6%
6
Balwant Singh Chavik
1,0361.0%
7
Ramesh
IND
IND
6920.6%
8
Shyam Singh
IND
IND
5910.6%
9
Devi Lal
IND
IND
5240.5%
10
Mam Chand
IND
IND
3500.3%

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A comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
15.2%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 90% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.28

How did the vote split?

SEAT
43.5%won by BSP
BSP 43.5%BJP 28.3%SP 18.1%BKKP 5.7%Others 4.5%

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Who has won Harora, 1974–1996

  1. 1974SHAKUNTALA DEVI (INC), margin 11.2%
  2. 1977BIMLA RAKESH (JNP), margin 3.1%
  3. 1980BIMLA RAKESH (JNP(SC)), margin 2.8%
  4. 1985VIMLA RAKESH (LKD), margin 7.7%
  5. 1989BIMLA RAKESH (JD), margin 24.2%
  6. 1991VIMLA RAKESH (JD), margin 16.3%
  7. 1993MOHAR SINGH (BJP), margin 2.4%
  8. 1996MAYA WATI (BSP), margin 16.1%