Constituency
261. Shahganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969
UP-SHAHGANJ
INC 52.3%won by 26.9%BJS 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.5% to 26.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.8% between them, down from 90.3% — 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
54,095
Margin
14,554
26.90%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MATA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC28,31552.3%
- 2RAM PRATAPBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,76125.4%
- 3BANSHRAJBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD8,25915.3%
- 4MAIKOO LALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,0853.9%
- 5HARI RAMIndependent · IND1,6753.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −7.6%
- INC share
- 62.4% → 52.3%
- BJS share
- 27.9% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —