Constituency
10. Pithoragarh
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-PITHORAGARH
INC 46.9%won by 19.6%BJS 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 19.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.2% between them, down from 81.7% — 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
22,907
Margin
4,492
19.61%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1N. S. BISHTIndian National Congress · INC10,74946.9%
- 2B. D. PATANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,25727.3%
- 3L. R. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,90125.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −27.2%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 46.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —