Constituency
318. Bhognipur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-BHOGNIPUR
INC 36.1%won by 6.7%SOC 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.0% to 36.1% of the vote here (+5.1%).
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 79.7% — the field split more ways.
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
57,517
Margin
3,832
6.66%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAJ NARAIN MISRAIndian National Congress · INC20,75936.1%
- 2RAM SWARUP VERMASOC · SOC16,92729.4%
- 3JAHAR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,69616.9%
- 4RAM SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA5,6409.8%
- 5MAHADEOJS · JS4,0437.0%
- 6SOMESHWAR DAYAL TRIPATHIIndependent · IND4520.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOC swing
- −24.4%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 36.1%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- — → —