Constituency
254. Jaunpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-JAUNPUR
INC 39.1%won by 2.7%JNP 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.5% of the vote between them, up from 56.0% — 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
58,079
Margin
1,546
2.66%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1KAMALA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,69639.1%
- 2OM PRAKASHJanata Party · JNP21,15036.4%
- 3SITA RAMIndependent · IND10,26917.7%
- 4RAIS AHAMADIndependent · IND7421.3%
- 5SHEO NATHIndependent · IND7121.2%
- 6HARIHAR DUTTAIndependent · IND6691.2%
- 7WALI ULLAHIndependent · IND5410.9%
- 8ABHIMANYUSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD5300.9%
- 9S. M. VERMARPK · RPK4600.8%
- 10RAJAIIndependent · IND3100.5%
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
- −30.0%
- INC share
- 32.6% → 39.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- — → —