Constituency
237. Dhanapur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-DHANAPUR
JNP 47.9%won by 15.0%INC 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.0%.
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 47.9% of the vote here (+47.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
58,919
Margin
8,813
14.96%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1KAILASH NATHJanata Party · JNP28,23147.9%
- 2NARENDRA KUMAR SHASHTRIIndian National Congress · INC19,41833.0%
- 3BAIJ NATHIndependent · IND3,1655.4%
- 4AWADH BEHARIIndependent · IND2,5114.3%
- 5SURESHIndependent · IND1,5722.7%
- 6SUBEDARIndependent · IND1,3072.2%
- 7NARADIndependent · IND1,2982.2%
- 8BANSHRAJIndependent · IND7901.3%
- 9RAM NATHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD6271.1%
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
- +42.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- INC share
- 27.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —