Constituency
253. Gyanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-GYANPUR
BJS 33.6%won by 0.5%INC 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 33.6% of the vote here (+33.6%).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 296 votes (0.49%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
60,058
Margin
296
0.49%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJS- 1MURALIDHARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,20033.6%
- 2BANDIDHARIndian National Congress · INC19,90433.1%
- 3A.WAHABSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP12,95721.6%
- 4P.NATHIndependent · IND4,1426.9%
- 5B.PRASADIndependent · IND2,8554.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +34.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 33.6%
- INC share
- 34.3% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —