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400. Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969

UP-MEERUT

BJS 34.2%won by 3.3%IND 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.9% to 3.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 70.7% — the field split more ways.

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
75,233
Margin
2,476
3.29%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1MOHAN LAL KAPOORBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,73534.2%
  2. 2BASIR AHMAD KHANIndependent · IND23,25930.9%
  3. 3SHAKUNTLA PUNDRIKAKSHIndian National Congress · INC17,34623.1%
  4. 4NAZIR AHMADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD5,0366.7%
  5. 5BUDH PRAKASHIndependent · IND1,7822.4%
  6. 6SHYAM BHAROSAYPBI · PBI5470.7%
  7. 7SATENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND5390.7%
  8. 8VED PRAKASH SHARMAIndependent · IND2600.3%
  9. 9KARAN SINGHMAP · MAP2390.3%
  10. 10SATYA PRAKASH MANGLIKIndependent · IND1610.2%
  11. 11RAMESHWAR DAYALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1190.2%
  12. 12CHAKRAPAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1090.1%
  13. 13VED PRAKASHFBL · FBL1010.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–IND swing
−36.9%
BJS share
42.8% → 34.2%
IND share
2.6% → 30.9%
Turnout
— → —
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