Constituency
256. Shahganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974
UP-SHAHGANJ
INC 40.0%won by 4.4%BKD 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 4.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD).
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
56,485
Margin
2,499
4.42%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1MATA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC22,60340.0%
- 2CHHOTEY LALBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD20,10435.6%
- 3SHYAM LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,89410.4%
- 4NAND LALNCO · NCO3,5186.2%
- 5RAM PALATIndependent · IND1,3362.4%
- 6SOCHANRPK · RPK9661.7%
- 7PUDDANSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD9551.7%
- 8RAM NATHIndependent · IND7011.2%
- 9NAURANGI LALIndependent · IND4080.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BKD swing
- −32.7%
- INC share
- 52.3% → 40.0%
- BKD share
- 15.3% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —