Constituency
272. Meja
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-MEJA
INC 44.2%won by 16.0%SSP 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 37.6% to 44.2% of the vote here (+6.6%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 92.1% — 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
44,674
Margin
7,166
16.04%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1B.VIRIndian National Congress · INC19,76344.2%
- 2S.PRASADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP12,59728.2%
- 3BANSRUPIndependent · IND3,8418.6%
- 4R.NIRANJANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,5397.9%
- 5B.PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3095.2%
- 6R.GARIVIndependent · IND1,3793.1%
- 7PESHKARIndependent · IND1,2462.8%
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–SSP swing
- −21.6%
- INC share
- 37.6% → 44.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —