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Elections 98

State: Uttar Pradesh
Constituency: Bijnor (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 767498
Winner: SP Omwati Devi 282612
Runner Up: BJP Mangal Ram Premi 273400
Margin: 9212 (3%)


Elections 96

State: Uttar Pradesh
Constituency: Bijnor (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 612732
Winner: BJP Mangal Ram Premi 220806
Runner Up: SP Satish Kumar 193389
Margin: 27417 (4.53%)


The year was 1989, and the MP to be elected from here was Mayawati of the BSP. The runner-up was Mangal Ram Premi, of the Janata Dal variations who had come second in previous elections as well. In 1991, Premi contested on the BJP ticket and won, the first time that the constituency had voted saffron. And the loser was Mayawati. In 1996 Premi retained his seat, defeating his SP rival Satish Kumar by just 27,000 votes. The BSP's Chetan Swaroop, who came third, took away 157,339 votes, or 26 %. The Congress? Well, it got 1.01 % of the vote.

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