Constituency
277. Allahabad West
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-ALLAHABAD-WEST
JNP 60.6%won by 38.8%INC 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 38.8%.
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 60.6% of the vote here (+60.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.3% of the vote between them, up from 65.2% — 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
41,810
Margin
16,221
38.80%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1HABIB AHMADJanata Party · JNP25,32560.6%
- 2SUNIT CHANDRA VYASIndian National Congress · INC9,10421.8%
- 3NOOR AHMADIndependent · IND2,5546.1%
- 4RAM DULARIndependent · IND1,2993.1%
- 5SOHANLAL SONKARIndependent · IND1,0022.4%
- 6MOTI LALIndependent · IND6361.5%
- 7SHIV PALIndependent · IND4851.2%
- 8JIYA LALIndependent · IND4511.1%
- 9MASOOD AHMAD ALIAS RAIS AHMADIndependent · IND4201.0%
- 10RAM PRASADIndependent · IND3240.8%
- 11POORAN LAL CHAURASIYAIndependent · IND2100.5%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +55.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 60.6%
- INC share
- 16.3% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —