Constituency
262. Khutahan
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969
UP-KHUTAHAN
INC 60.8%won by 37.0%BJS 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 37.0%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.6% between them, down from 91.2% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
64,175
Margin
23,720
36.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1LAXSHMI SHANKAR YADAVAIndian National Congress · INC38,99860.8%
- 2GANPATI RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,27823.8%
- 3VISHWANATH PRASADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD3,7815.9%
- 4RAM DINIndependent · IND2,9814.6%
- 5CHANDRA SEKHARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,4293.8%
- 6ONKAR NATHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7081.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +15.4%
- INC share
- 56.4% → 60.8%
- BJS share
- 34.8% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —