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397. Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974

UP-MEERUT

BJS 40.7%won by 12.2%INC 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 12.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Valid votes
77,389
Margin
9,439
12.20%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1MOHAN LAL KAPOORBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS31,50840.7%
  2. 2HUSNA BEGUMIndian National Congress · INC22,06928.5%
  3. 3TASNEEM AHMEDMUL · MUL18,11923.4%
  4. 4ABDUL MAJIDIndependent · IND3,3484.3%
  5. 5HORAMIndependent · IND6190.8%
  6. 6JAI SWAROOPLTS · LTS4890.6%
  7. 7VIPIN MOHANIndependent · IND4260.6%
  8. 8RAGHUNANDAN SARAN URF LALLUJINCO · NCO2960.4%
  9. 9MOHAMMAD AHMAD HASHMIIndependent · IND2940.4%
  10. 10JAINTI PRASADIndependent · IND2210.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
+1.0%
BJS share
34.2% → 40.7%
INC share
23.1% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
396. Meerut Cantt398. Kharkhauda
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