Constituency
129. Sultanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-SULTANPUR
INC 39.8%won by 1.7%JS 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.5% to 1.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,636
Margin
542
1.71%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUL SAMIIndian National Congress · INC12,58839.8%
- 2RAM PYARE SHUKLAJS · JS12,04638.1%
- 3KALLOOIndependent · IND1,6925.3%
- 4BIRENDRA PRATAPSwatantra Party · SWA1,6725.3%
- 5MAQBOOL HASANPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,5234.8%
- 6RAM AWADH S/O BHAWANI PRASADIndependent · IND7652.4%
- 7RAM NIRANJANIndependent · IND7002.2%
- 8RAM AWADH S/O RAM ANANDIndependent · IND6502.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −41.9%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 39.8%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —