Constituency
259. Machhilishahr
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-MACHHILISHAHR
INC 32.3%won by 4.6%JNP 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.3% to 4.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
54,193
Margin
2,492
4.60%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1ARUN KUMARIndian National Congress · INC17,50432.3%
- 2AGHA ZAIDIJanata Party · JNP15,01227.7%
- 3VIJAI BAHADURIndependent · IND6,06611.2%
- 4DURBALI RAMIndependent · IND4,3017.9%
- 5SAMAR BAHADURIndependent · IND3,9917.4%
- 6BINDRA PRASADIndependent · IND2,8065.2%
- 7DEO KALIIndependent · IND1,3462.5%
- 8GANGA DHARIndependent · IND6931.3%
- 9MOTI LALIndependent · IND5060.9%
- 10SURENDRA NATHIndependent · IND4930.9%
- 11SHEO MURATIndependent · IND4910.9%
- 12DHARAM RAJ SINGH GAUTAMIndependent · IND4610.9%
- 13SAYED MUMTAZ HUSAINIndependent · IND3430.6%
- 14MOHAMMAD ALIIndependent · IND1800.3%
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
- −27.5%
- INC share
- 32.1% → 32.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —