Constituency
316. Karwi
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-KARWI
CPI 50.1%won by 4.7%JNP 45.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 4.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 45.4% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 65.7% — 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
66,829
Margin
3,118
4.67%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1RAM SAJIWANCommunist Party of India · CPI33,46050.1%
- 2VINAI KUMARJanata Party · JNP30,34245.4%
- 3RAM DINIndependent · IND1,2931.9%
- 4RAM PALIndependent · IND6691.0%
- 5JAGGOO PALIndependent · IND6190.9%
- 6HANUMAN PRASADIndependent · IND4460.7%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −37.0%
- CPI share
- 41.7% → 50.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.4%
- Turnout
- — → —