Constituency
72. Nighasan
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-NIGHASAN
INC 36.9%won by 5.9%BJS 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JS (JS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 29.8% to 36.9% of the vote here (+7.1%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 80.9% — 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
47,962
Margin
2,853
5.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,68236.9%
- 2R. C. SHAHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,82930.9%
- 3A. B. LALPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,01520.9%
- 4M. PRASADRPI · RPI3,2756.8%
- 5H. SINGHIndependent · IND2,1614.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −23.8%
- INC share
- 29.8% → 36.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —