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Constituency

421. Roorkee

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969

UP-ROORKEE

INC 33.9%won by 0.9%BKD 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.2% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.0% between them, down from 73.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
78,685
Margin
675
0.86%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBKD swing
−39.6%
INC share
40.5% 33.9%
BKD share
0.0% 33.1%
Turnout