Election
Constituency

396. Meerut Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

UP-MEERUT-CANTONMENT

INC 49.4%won by 31.7%BJP 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 31.7%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
54,315
Margin
17,231
31.72%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AJIT SINGH SETHIIndian National Congress · INC26,85749.4%
  2. 2MULAKHRAJ KHANNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,62617.7%
  3. 3MAHAVIR PRASHAD JAINIndependent · IND8,25915.2%
  4. 4DESHRAJJNPSC · JNPSC6,51512.0%
  5. 5SHEORAJ SINGHIndependent · IND5301.0%
  6. 6NAGIN CHANDIndependent · IND5080.9%
  7. 7OMPAL SHARMAIndependent · IND4750.9%
  8. 8BASANT LALIndependent · IND3220.6%
  9. 9GURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND2220.4%
  10. 10DEVRAJ SHARMAIndependent · IND2070.4%
  11. 11MASHI TULLAIndependent · IND1720.3%
  12. 12ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1440.3%
  13. 13KUBER SINGHIndependent · IND1250.2%
  14. 14YESH PALIndependent · IND1090.2%
  15. 15GHAMANDI SINGHIndependent · IND1030.2%
  16. 16MASROOR AHMEDINCU · INCU770.1%
  17. 17AJIT SINGHIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−16.7%
INC share
48.5% → 49.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 17.7%
Turnout
— → —
395. Sardhana397. Meerut
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