Constituency
397. Meerut
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-MEERUT
INC 53.5%won by 9.0%JNP 44.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.5% to 53.5% of the vote here (+25.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.5% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — 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
78,498
Margin
7,101
9.05%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MANZOOR AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC42,00453.5%
- 2MOHAN LAL KAPOORJanata Party · JNP34,90344.5%
- 3DEENA NATH GUPTAHMS · HMS7731.0%
- 4RAJENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND3210.4%
- 5MOHD. SHARIF SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND2910.4%
- 6ABDUL WAHEEDIndependent · IND2060.3%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −19.5%
- INC share
- 28.5% → 53.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.5%
- Turnout
- — → —