Constituency
342. Karhal
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
UP-KARHAL
SWA 35.3%won by 12.0%BJS 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 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 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.6% of the vote between them, up from 45.9% — a tighter two-way 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
41,470
Margin
4,970
11.98%
Candidates
13 contested · winner SWA- 1M.L.CHAMARSwatantra Party · SWA14,63435.3%
- 2R.SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,66423.3%
- 3D.N.VYASIndian National Congress · INC8,56720.7%
- 4M.LALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,1057.5%
- 5R.CHARANSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,0952.6%
- 6R.S.JATAVIndependent · IND8762.1%
- 7R.LALRPI · RPI8092.0%
- 8S.LALIndependent · IND6221.5%
- 9N.SINGHIndependent · IND5631.4%
- 10J.NATHIndependent · IND4791.2%
- 11R.S.DAGAURIndependent · IND4501.1%
- 12G.PRASADIndependent · IND3400.8%
- 13M.LALIndependent · IND2660.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–BJS swing
- −12.6%
- SWA share
- 24.6% → 35.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → —