Constituency
134. Ayodhya
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-AYODHYA
JNP 40.1%won by 0.7%INC 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.7%.
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 40.1% of the vote here (+40.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.5% of the vote between them, up from 53.2% — 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
60,462
Margin
416
0.69%
Candidates
20 contested · winner JNP- 1JAI SHANKER PANDEYJanata Party · JNP24,24740.1%
- 2KHATRI NIRMAL KUMARIndian National Congress · INC23,83139.4%
- 3HARI NARAINCommunist Party of India · CPI5,8049.6%
- 4RAM LAKHANIndependent · IND1,2082.0%
- 5SHEO PRASADIndependent · IND9991.7%
- 6SHEO NARAINIndependent · IND7391.2%
- 7HASHIM HUSAINIndependent · IND5931.0%
- 8RAJ BAHADUR VERMAIndependent · IND4130.7%
- 9RAJ KUMAR SONKARIndependent · IND3970.7%
- 10NARAIN DASIndependent · IND3590.6%
- 11BHOLAIndependent · IND3400.6%
- 12LALTA PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND2710.4%
- 13SHAM SHER SINGHIndependent · IND2500.4%
- 14HAUNSILAIndependent · IND2310.4%
- 15ZAFAR HABIBIndependent · IND2300.4%
- 16DALJEET SINGHIndependent · IND1550.3%
- 17KEDAR NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1500.2%
- 18SAMI ULLAHIndependent · IND1480.2%
- 19BANKEY BEHARIIndependent · IND660.1%
- 20INDRA BAHADURIndependent · IND310.1%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +0.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —