Election
Constituency

10. Pithoragarh

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969

UP-PITHORAGARH

INC 45.1%won by 7.4%BJS 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 7.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
28,600
Margin
2,124
7.43%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NARENDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,90545.1%
  2. 2MOHAN SINGH CHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,78137.7%
  3. 3SHAMSER SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD1,7926.3%
  4. 4MANOHAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,0833.8%
  5. 5MADHAWA NANDMAP · MAP1,0543.7%
  6. 6GAURI DATTSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP5371.9%
  7. 7KARAM SINGH BHANDARIIndependent · IND4481.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−12.2%
INC share
46.9% → 45.1%
BJS share
27.3% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
9. Didihat11. Almora
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