Constituency
19. Dhampur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-DHAMPUR
INC 36.5%won by 5.0%BJS 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 5.0%.
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 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.0% of the vote between them, up from 58.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
63,977
Margin
3,211
5.02%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1G. SAHAIIndian National Congress · INC23,35136.5%
- 2B. S. GAHLOTBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,14031.5%
- 3U. A. KHANSwatantra Party · SWA12,28919.2%
- 4K. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,3193.6%
- 5R. DASSIndependent · IND1,8722.9%
- 6RAMOOIndependent · IND1,3292.1%
- 7LALOOIndependent · IND9291.5%
- 8M. YUSUFIndependent · IND7301.1%
- 9M. SINGHIndependent · IND6621.0%
- 10M. NAKIIndependent · IND3560.6%
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
- −31.5%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 36.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —