Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Sambhal
Total Votes Polled:	762261
Winner: SP	Mulayam Singh Yadav	376828
Runner Up: BJP	Dharampal Yadav Urf D P Yadav	210146
Margin: 166682 (44%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Sambhal
Total Votes Polled:	535704
Winner: BSP	Dharmpal Yadav Alias D P Yadav	183742
Runner Up: JD	Shri Pal Singh Yadav	178848
Margin: 4894 (0.92%)

S P Yadav won the constituency for the JD in 1989 and 1991, the second time despite winning just 26.2 % of the vote. In 1996, he lost to the BSP's D P Yadav, who defeated him by 5,000 votes. The BJP, which had won this seat only once in the past, in 1967 as the Jan Sangh, fielded Vijay Prakash who came third, winning 133,295 votes.