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State:	Uttar Pradesh
Constituency:	Padrauna
Total Votes Polled:	608252
Winner: BJP	Ram Nagina Misra	197983
Runner Up: SP	Kasim Ali	151463
Margin: 46520 (7.81%)

Valeshwar Yadav won the seat for the JD in 1989, defeating the sitting Congress two-time MP C P N Singh. The next two rounds, however, went to the BJP, with Ram Nagina Mishra romping home in style. In 1996 Valeshwar contested on a BSP ticket, and came third, behind the SP's Kasim Ali who himself lost by 46,000 votes.