Constituency
246. Gangapur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
UP-GANGAPUR
INC 26.9%won by 1.2%CPM 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.7% between them, down from 79.4% — the field split more ways.
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
69,889
Margin
813
1.16%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1DHANESHWRI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC18,81726.9%
- 2RAJ KISHORECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,00425.8%
- 3SHIV SHANKERJNPSR · JNPSR11,54816.5%
- 4BALDEVJNPSC · JNPSC7,93811.4%
- 5JAWAHAR LAL VERMAINCU · INCU6,5699.4%
- 6SURESH SINGH GAUTAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,8764.1%
- 7IKBAL AHMAD ANSARIIndependent · IND1,3842.0%
- 8LALJI GUPTAIndependent · IND1,0151.5%
- 9RAM CHANDERIndependent · IND6610.9%
- 10BHRIGUNATHIndependent · IND6250.9%
- 11RAM KISHUNIndependent · IND4520.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −25.9%
- INC share
- 27.1% → 26.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —