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168. Basti

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974

UP-BASTI

INC 37.3%won by 14.3%BKD 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 14.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD).
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
67,832
Margin
9,710
14.31%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAMA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC25,29637.3%
  2. 2RAJA RAMBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD15,58623.0%
  3. 3JAGDAMBA PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,79820.3%
  4. 4VIRENDRA PRATAP SHAHIIndependent · IND5,7408.5%
  5. 5MOHAMMAD RAFI SIDDIQIIndependent · IND2,2003.2%
  6. 6RAJENDRA KISHORINCO · NCO2,0433.0%
  7. 7SAKHAWATIndependent · IND9041.3%
  8. 8KRISHNA BHAGWANSwatantra Party · SWA8471.2%
  9. 9RAM PIYAREIndependent · IND7601.1%
  10. 10KAMAL AHMAD KHANIndependent · IND3800.6%
  11. 11SANKATA PRASAD SRIVASTAVASOP · SOP2780.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BKD swing
−6.0%
INC share
33.7% → 37.3%
BKD share
13.3% → 23.0%
Turnout
— → —
167. Nagar East169. Ramnagar
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