Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Salempur
Total Votes Polled:	633834
Winner: SAP	Hari Kewal Prasad	219450
Runner Up: SP	Hari Bansh Sahai	180429
Margin: 39021 (18%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Salempur
Total Votes Polled:	517179
Winner: SP	Harivansh Sahay	156427
Runner Up: SAP	Harikeval Prashad	120731
Margin: 35696 (7.03%)

Harikeval Prashad, who won the 1989 and 1991 elections from here on a JD ticket, crossed over to the Samata Party in 1996. He was defeated by the SP's Harivansh Sahay by 36,000 votes. Ram Naresh Khushwaha, who won in 1977 on the BLD ticket, was also in the fray, this time as the BSP candidate, and he managed to come third with 102,732 votes. Bhola Pandey, who contested on the Congress-T ticket, came fifth.