Constituency
256. Mariahu
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969
UP-MARIAHU
BJS 38.6%won by 0.1%INC 38.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 0.1%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 67 votes (0.10%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
66,176
Margin
67
0.10%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJS- 1JAGANNATH RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,55238.6%
- 2RAJ KISHOREIndian National Congress · INC25,48538.5%
- 3BRIJ BEHARIBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD10,37115.7%
- 4BALI RAMIndependent · IND2,0613.1%
- 5RAM AUTARIndependent · IND1,2361.9%
- 6GUDARSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,0061.5%
- 7KAPILDEORashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP4650.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +14.2%
- BJS share
- 39.1% → 38.6%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 38.5%
- Turnout
- — → —