Parliament Election 2009 GEN
Bahujan Samaj Party
Complete list of candidates who contested from this constituency
In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Ramashankar Rajbhar of Bahujan Samaj Party secured victory in the Salempur constituency (Uttar Pradesh) with a margin of 18,305 votes.
Out of 1,621,136 registered electors, 635,226 votes were polled, resulting in a turnout of 39.20%. A total of 48 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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