Elections 98

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Bara Banki (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	582282
Winner: BJP	Baijnath Rawat	228368
Runner Up: SP	Ramsagar	214583
Margin: 13785 (6%)

Elections 96

State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Barabanki (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	507199
Winner: SP	Ram Sagar	180912
Runner Up: BJP	Kapil Dev Singh	166190
Margin: 14722 (2.96%)

Ram Sagar has represented this constituency three consecutive terms, from 1989, the first two for the JD and in 1996 as the SP MP. The Congress has not fared well here, winning only three out of 11 elections.