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State: Uttar Pradesh
Constituency: Deoria
Total Votes Polled: 584094
Winner: BJP Shriprakash Mani 227155
Runner Up: JD Nand Kishore Singh 180228
Margin: 46927 (8.21%)

The JD MP from here in 1991 was Mohan Singh, who defeated the BJP's Govind Pal. In 1996, the JD changed its candidate to Nand Kishore Singh, and the BJP to Shriprakash Mani, with the result that the electorate changed its mind in favour of the latter.

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