Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Budaun
Total Votes Polled:	638529
Winner: SP	Saleem Iqbal Shervani	264583
Runner Up: BJP	Shanti Devi Sakya	224925
Margin: 39658 (15%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Budaun
Total Votes Polled:	535414
Winner: SP	Salim Iqbal Shervani	198065
Runner Up: BSP	Braj Pal Singh	152878
Margin: 45187 (8.56%)

In 1984 businessman Salim Sherwani of the Congress won this seat; in the next election it went the Janata Dal way, electing Sharad Yadav who went on to become textile minister in the V P Singh Cabinet. In 1991, Yadav was defeated by the BJP's Chinmayanand. In 1996, Sherwani was once again in the fray, as the SP candidate, and he defeated the BSP's Brajpal Singh by 46,000 votes. The BJP's Premlal Singh Yadav came a distant third, winning 125,942 votes.