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State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Ghazipur
Total Votes Polled:	636824
Winner: BJP	Manoj	275706
Runner Up: BSP	Yunus	170207
Margin: 105499 (16.79%)

The constituency had elected the CPI twice in the past, so it was no surprise when it elected Vishwanath Shastri of the CPI in 1991. But in 1996, he ended up in the third position, with Manoj of the BJP, who lost to Shastri previously, defeating the BSP's Yunus by 105,000 votes. The Congress's share of the vote: 1.19 %.