Constituency
256. Shahganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-SHAHGANJ
JNP 54.9%won by 19.3%INC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.3%.
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 54.9% of the vote here (+54.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 75.6% — 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
50,662
Margin
9,803
19.35%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1CHHOTEY LALJanata Party · JNP27,80254.9%
- 2LALTA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC17,99935.5%
- 3RAM PALATIndependent · IND2,0874.1%
- 4NAND LALIndependent · IND1,4142.8%
- 5HAR RAM PREMIRPK · RPK1,3602.7%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +59.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.9%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —