Constituency
159. Mankapur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-MANKAPUR
INC 45.2%won by 2.8%JNP 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.4% to 2.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.7% of the vote between them, up from 75.1% — 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
44,238
Margin
1,235
2.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GANGA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC20,01145.2%
- 2LALLOJanata Party · JNP18,77642.4%
- 3DUKH HARANIndependent · IND3,2217.3%
- 4LALEYIndependent · IND1,4323.2%
- 5SHYAM RAJIIndependent · IND7981.8%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −43.5%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 45.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- — → —