Parliament Election 1996 GEN
Bharatiya Janata Party
Complete list of candidates who contested from this constituency
Bharatiya Janata Party
Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)
Bahujan Samaj Party
Indian National Congress
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All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)
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Apna Dal
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Indian Congress (SOCIALIST)
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Indian National League
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| Position | Candidate Name | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagatveer Singh Dron | Bharatiya Janata Party | 297,550 | 51.40% |
| 2 | Subhashini Ali | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 146,460 | 25.30% |
| 3 | Sharfuddin Ahmed | Bahujan Samaj Party | 51,333 | 8.90% |
| 4 | Bhudhar Narayan Mishra | Indian National Congress | 47,403 | 8.20% |
| 5 | Satya Narain | Independent | 2,621 | 0.50% |
| 6 | Sarvesh Dwivedi | Independent | 2,242 | 0.40% |
| 7 | Iqbal Siddiqui | Independent | 1,974 | 0.30% |
| 8 | Kuldeep Kumar Saxena | Independent | 1,800 | 0.30% |
| 9 | Pratap Trivedi | All India Indira Congress (TIWARI) | 1,636 | 0.30% |
| 10 | Brij Mohan Dixit | Independent | 1,487 | 0.30% |
| 11 | Shamsuddin | Independent | 1,052 | 0.20% |
| 12 | Anusuiya Sharma | Independent | 898 | 0.20% |
| 13 | Vinod Kumar Gupta | Independent | 897 | 0.20% |
| 14 | Prabha Nigam | Apna Dal | 744 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Santosh Kumari Tiwari | Independent | 597 | 0.10% |
| 16 | Madan Lal | Indian Congress (SOCIALIST) | 552 | 0.10% |
| 17 | Kripashankar | Independent | 544 | 0.10% |
| 18 | Acharya Srikrishna Jansevi | Independent | 500 | 0.10% |
| 19 | Suman Babu Shukla | Independent | 495 | 0.10% |
| 20 | Bhagwati Prasad Dixit | Independent | 495 | 0.10% |
| 21 | Ramesh Dubey | Independent | 469 | 0.10% |
| 22 | S.M. Terik | Independent | 433 | 0.10% |
| 23 | Ram Chandra Bajpai | Independent | 423 | 0.10% |
| 24 | Veerendra Singh | Independent | 394 | 0.10% |
| 25 | Santosh | Independent | 369 | 0.10% |
| 26 | Bhola Nath Balmik | Indian National League | 347 | 0.10% |
| 27 | Usha | Independent | 337 | 0.10% |
| 28 | Janaki Prasad | Independent | 313 | 0.10% |
| 29 | Ashok Kumar Malik | Independent | 309 | 0.10% |
| 30 | Shakir Ali Usmani | Independent | 299 | 0.10% |
| 31 | Ram Sharan | Independent | 283 | 0.00% |
| 32 | Sanjai Gupta | Independent | 266 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Badruddin | Independent | 266 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Vijai Kumar Bajpai | Independent | 263 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Jag Mohan Singh Parihar | Independent | 257 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Daya Shanker Saini | Independent | 247 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Ram Lal | Republican Party Of India | 244 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Dileep Kumar | Independent | 243 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Vijai Prasad | Independent | 240 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Raghuraj Shashtri | Independent | 214 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Narendra Singh | Independent | 207 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Devendra Shukla | Independent | 194 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Avadh Narayan | Independent | 185 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Sitaram Gupta | Independent | 149 | 0.00% |
| 45 | O.P. Singhal | Independent | 145 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Sadhna Srivastava | Independent | 137 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Surjan Singh | Independent | 135 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Devi Prasad | Independent | 132 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Hari Prasad Gupta | Independent | 132 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Sayyad Iqbal Ishrat Hussain | Independent | 127 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Rajendra Pal Bhaseen | Independent | 107 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Tauheed Alam | Independent | 105 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Vilas Kumar Gupta | Independent | 99 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Gyan Dutt Verma | Independent | 96 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Vijay Singh Parihar | Independent | 93 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Satyendra | Independent | 88 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Hardev Singh | Independent | 83 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Rakesh Singh Gautam | Independent | 70 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Rakesh Kumar Gaur | Independent | 69 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Mohammad Saleem Khan | Independent | 65 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Hira Lal Singh | Independent | 65 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Raj Narain | Independent | 62 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Devi Prasad Dubey | Independent | 55 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Kanojia Hridey Master | Independent | 31 | 0.00% |
In the 1996 Lok Sabha election, Jagatveer Singh Dron of Bharatiya Janata Party secured victory in the Kanpur Urban constituency (Uttar Pradesh) with a margin of 151,090 votes.
Out of 1,394,642 registered electors, 579,199 votes were polled, resulting in a turnout of 41.50%. A total of 64 candidates contested from this constituency. The vote share chart above visualizes how votes were distributed among the candidates.
India uses the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system where the candidate with the most votes wins. The margin percentage indicates how decisive the victory was relative to total votes polled. Explore related constituencies and historical results below.
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