Constituency
139. Faizabad
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-FAIZABAD
INC 46.9%won by 16.6%JS 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.1% to 16.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 30.3% — 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
41,750
Margin
6,935
16.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MADAN MOHANIndian National Congress · INC19,56946.9%
- 2GUR DATT SINGHJS · JS12,63430.3%
- 3SYED NASIR HUSAINIndependent · IND6,40015.3%
- 4SARVAJIT LALPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1642.8%
- 5NARAIN DASIndependent · IND1,0282.5%
- 6DEVI PRASADRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP9552.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −36.3%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 46.9%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —