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SHAHABAD

Assembly seat no. 39 in Uttar Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.

Winner, 1980
BANSHI DHAR
INC(I)
Elections held
11
1962–1996
Most successful party
INC
won 3 of 11
Margin, 1980
817
1.55% of valid votes

Result, 1980

Winner
Votes
23,251
Vote share
44.08%
Margin
817
Runner-up
JNPSCJAGAN SINGH
Votes
22,434
Vote share
42.53%
Behind by
817
Electors
1,42,585
Total votes polled
52,748
Valid votes
52,748
NOTA votes
Turnout
37.0%

Full result, 1980

9 candidates · 52,748 valid votes

1980 election →
BANSHI DHARINC(I)won
23,251
44.1%
JAGAN SINGHJNPSC
22,434
42.5%
BABU RAM SAGARINC(U)
1,780
3.4%
RAJA RAMBJP
1,698
3.2%
PREM SINGHIND
1,244
2.4%
BENI RAMIND
1,188
2.3%
CHHUTANIND
443
0.8%
CHARAN SINGHIND
369
0.7%
SIYA RAM ARYAIND
341
0.7%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 11 elections

View all 11
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
1996SWAMI PARMANAND DANDISP64,90039.34%VEENA JATAV15,302
1993SWAMI PARMA NAND DANDIBJP51,65738.07%JAGAN SINGH4,208
1991SWAMI PARMANAND DANDIBJP33,67937.08%CHANDRA PAL SINGH7,069
1989BANSHIDHARINC32,37439.59%BEENA13,100
1985JAGAN SINGHLKD34,05055.21%BANSHIDHAR13,287

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%18%37%55%74%19621967196919741977198019851989199119931996Turnout

Winning margin

0%10%19%29%38%19621967196919741977198019851989199119931996Margin

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the SHAHABAD assembly constituency in 1996?

SWAMI PARMANAND DANDI (SP) won SHAHABAD in 1996, by a margin of 15,302 votes.

Which party has won SHAHABAD the most times?

INC, with 3 of the 11 wins recorded since 1962.

How many times has SHAHABAD gone to the polls?

11 times, from 1962 to 1996.

Who has won SHAHABAD the most times?

SWAMI PARMANAND DANDI, with 2 wins between 1991 and 1996.

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