Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Baghpat
Total Votes Polled:	723466
Winner: BJP	Sompal	264736
Runner Up: BKKGP	Ajit Singh	220030
Margin: 44706 (17%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Bagpat
Total Votes Polled:	666928
Winner: INC	Ajit Singh	348600
Runner Up: SP	Mukhia Gurjar	149709
Margin: 198891 (30.08%)

Chaudhary Charan Singh, the first prime minister to have resigned without facing Parliament, held this constituency from 1977, when he won it first, till the 1984 election. After his death, his son Ajit Singh succeeded him into Parliament, winning this seat thrice on the trot. In 1996, the SP's Mukhia Gurjar came second, losing by 199,000 votes. The BJP's Veer Sain Saroha was in third place, with 93,628 votes.