Constituency
268. Chunar
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-CHUNAR
INC 37.4%won by 2.3%BJS 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 2.3%.
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 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
60,065
Margin
1,394
2.32%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R.N.SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,46037.4%
- 2SHEONATHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS21,06635.1%
- 3S.DASSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP13,54522.6%
- 4M.RAMIndependent · IND2,0953.5%
- 5D.PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP8991.5%
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–BJS swing
- −41.7%
- INC share
- 44.0% → 37.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —