Constituency
137. Bikapur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-BIKAPUR
INC 43.7%won by 13.0%IND 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.9% to 13.0%.
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 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 93.9% — 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
44,517
Margin
5,799
13.03%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R. B. DEWEDIIndian National Congress · INC19,44443.7%
- 2M. D. A. R. SAHIBAIndependent · IND13,64530.7%
- 3S. R. NISHADIndependent · IND6,15613.8%
- 4R. T. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,60410.3%
- 5C. M. MISRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP6681.5%
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–IND swing
- +1.1%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 43.7%
- IND share
- 41.0% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —