Constituency
97. Purwa
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-PURWA
JNP 36.5%won by 11.6%INC 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 11.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 36.5% of the vote here (+36.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.5% of the vote between them, up from 47.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
53,933
Margin
6,242
11.57%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP19,70636.5%
- 2SAMAD YAR BEGIndian National Congress · INC13,46425.0%
- 3PREM SHANKER TRIPATHIIndependent · IND10,22119.0%
- 4SAJIWAN LALIndependent · IND4,8609.0%
- 5SURJUIndependent · IND2,3054.3%
- 6RAM SWARUPIndependent · IND2,2294.1%
- 7BANSHI LALIndependent · IND7121.3%
- 8RAJJUIndependent · IND4360.8%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +41.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.5%
- INC share
- 29.5% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- — → —