Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Etawah
Total Votes Polled:	668828
Winner: BJP	Sukhda Mishra	259980
Runner Up: SP	Ram Singh Shakya	228942
Margin: 31038 (12%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Etawah
Total Votes Polled:	518933
Winner: SP	Ram Singh Shakya	182015
Runner Up: BJP	Sukhda Mishra	171282
Margin: 10733 (2.10%)

Kanshi Ram won the seat for the BSP in 1991, but in 1996 his candidate Anil Yadav came third. The winner was Ram Singh Shakya of the SP, who had earlier won the seat in 1989 and 1980 for the JD. This time round, Shakya defeated Sukhda Mishra of the BJP by 9,000 votes.