Constituency
264. Machhilishahr
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-MACHHILISHAHR
INC 43.9%won by 12.0%BJS 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.0%.
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 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.8% between them, down from 95.1% — 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
48,395
Margin
5,823
12.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1M.RAUFIndian National Congress · INC21,26343.9%
- 2S.NIWASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,44031.9%
- 3H.LALCommunist Party of India · CPI3,8397.9%
- 4R.YASHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,2646.7%
- 5K.PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,0096.2%
- 6V.NATHIndependent · IND1,5803.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −31.1%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 43.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —