EElectionLens
Constituency

60. Puranpur

Community mirror

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967

UP-PURANPUR

INC 27.4%won by 5.9%BJS 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 5.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.9% between them, down from 66.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
64,964
Margin
3,865
5.95%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−27.3%
INC share
33.2% 27.4%
BJS share
0.0% 21.5%
Turnout