Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Faizabad
Total Votes Polled:	670474
Winner: SP	Mitrasen Yadav	253331
Runner Up: BJP	Vinay Katiyar	245594
Margin: 7737 (3%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Faizabad
Total Votes Polled:	573616
Winner: BJP	Vinay Katiyar	217038
Runner Up: SP	Mitrasen Yadav	190736
Margin: 26302 (4.68%)

The parliamentary constituency containing Ayodhya, has voted Vinay Katiyar of the BJP in 1991 and 1996. Mitrasen Yadav, the CPI MP in 1989, contested in 1996 on the SP ticket, and came second, losing by 27,000 votes. This is the constituency that rejected former chief minister Sucheta Kriplani's attempt to enter Parliament on the Congress-O ticket in 1971.