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State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Maharajganj
Total Votes Polled:	616754
Winner: BJP	Pankaj Chaudhary	182855
Runner Up: BSP	Harsh Vardhan	149305
Margin: 33550 (5.55%)

The BJP's Pankaj Choudhari won this seat twice on the trot, in 1991 and 1996, before which the Janata Dal's Harshvardhan had won it in 1989. In 1996 Harshvardhan contested on the BSP ticket, but it still did not prevent him from losing by 33,000 votes.