Constituency
216. Azamgarh
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-AZAMGARH
SSP 37.4%won by 15.2%BJS 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 37.4% of the vote here (+37.4%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.6% between them, down from 82.2% — 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
52,703
Margin
8,015
15.21%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SSP- 1B. PRASADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP19,72537.4%
- 2R. CHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,71022.2%
- 3PADMAKARIndian National Congress · INC10,04019.1%
- 4PHOOLCHANDRPI · RPI6,45312.2%
- 5RAJBALISwatantra Party · SWA3,0705.8%
- 6P. M. AZADIndependent · IND1,2132.3%
- 7RAMANANDCommunist Party of India · CPI4920.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–BJS swing
- +15.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 37.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- — → —