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State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Chandauli
Total Votes Polled:	600277
Winner: BJP	Anand Ratna Maurya	189179
Runner Up: SP	Kailash Nath Yadava	158028
Margin: 31151 (5.29%)

Kailashnath Yadav won the seat in 1989 for the JD, before losing to the BJP's Anand Ratna Maurya of the BJP in 1991. The run-up was the same in 1996 as well, with Maurya winning by 41,000 votes.