Constituency
47. Dataganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974
UP-DATAGANJ
INC 39.1%won by 7.2%BJS 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.9% to 7.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 80.6% — 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
60,646
Margin
4,370
7.21%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SANTOSH KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC23,72839.1%
- 2JAG MOHAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,35831.9%
- 3ZORABAR SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD7,90913.0%
- 4RAMESHWAR DAYALNCO · NCO3,9966.6%
- 5SOORAJ PAL SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD3,6706.1%
- 6LAKHAN RAMRPK · RPK1,0011.7%
- 7MAHENDRA KUMARSwatantra Party · SWA5470.9%
- 8ASHOK KUMARHMS · HMS4370.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −33.6%
- INC share
- 49.8% → 39.1%
- BJS share
- 8.9% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —