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Won
K D Sultanpuri
INC Indian National CongressMargin
91,133 19.4 pp
votes
over Virender Kashyap (BJP)
The contest
Electors8,83,691
Votes polled4,70,278
Turnout53.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.7 L53.1% of electorate
Female electors4.14 L46.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
882females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K D Sultanpuri | INC | 2,61,965 | 55.70% | |
| 2 | Virender Kashyap | BJP | 1,70,832 | 36.30% | |
| 3 | Naresh Kumar | CPIM | 19,276 | 4.10% | |
| 4 | Gobind Sarta | JD | 4,381 | 0.90% | |
| 5 | Manohar Lal | ICS | 3,416 | 0.70% | |
| 6 | Gorakhu Ram | IND | 2,052 | 0.40% | |
| 7 | Paras Ram | IND | 1,771 | 0.40% | |
| 8 | Dharam Singh Sahil | IND | 1,167 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Prem Lal | IND | 800 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 4,618, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 465,660 · NOTA n/a · published 470,278 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12