Constituency
308. Kannauj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
UP-KANNAUJ
INC 55.9%won by 38.1%BJP 17.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 38.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.2% to 55.9% of the vote here (+19.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.7% between them, down from 94.6% — 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
42,415
Margin
16,139
38.05%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BEHARI LAL DOHAREIndian National Congress · INC23,70555.9%
- 2JHHAM LAL AHIRWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,56617.8%
- 3RAM PRAKASHIndependent · IND5,33812.6%
- 4SUSHILA DEVIIndependent · IND1,6043.8%
- 5KESHARI LALJanata Party · JNP1,5033.5%
- 6BRAHMA NAND KATHORIAINCU · INCU1,2342.9%
- 7KRISHNA DOHAREJNPSC · JNPSC1,1112.6%
- 8KISHORI LAL DHANUKIndependent · IND3540.8%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +1.8%
- INC share
- 36.2% → 55.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 17.8%
- Turnout
- — → —