Constituency
216. Mehnagar
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-MEHNAGAR
JNP 46.9%won by 8.8%INC 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.8%.
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 46.9% of the vote here (+46.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — 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
58,126
Margin
5,126
8.82%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1BHUDDHOOJanata Party · JNP27,26746.9%
- 2CHHANGURIndian National Congress · INC22,14138.1%
- 3JANG BAHADURIndependent · IND2,3704.1%
- 4RAM JAGCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,2113.8%
- 5RAPPOOIndependent · IND1,6862.9%
- 6SHYAMKERIndependent · IND1,6672.9%
- 7NARESHIndependent · IND7841.3%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BKD
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +8.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —