Constituency
261. Shahganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-SHAHGANJ
INC 62.4%won by 34.5%BJS 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.0% to 34.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
53,823
Margin
18,586
34.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1M.PRASADIndian National Congress · INC33,58462.4%
- 2R.PRATAPBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,99827.9%
- 3NAURANGISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,1524.0%
- 4K.LALCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7923.3%
- 5H.RAMRPI · RPI1,2972.4%
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–BJS swing
- −21.5%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 62.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —