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276. Allahabad South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-ALLAHABAD-SOUTH

INC 40.6%won by 19.2%LKD 21.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 19.2%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 21.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
47,896
Margin
9,204
19.22%

Candidates

29 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SATISH CHANDRA JAISWALIndian National Congress · INC19,42940.6%
  2. 2ABDUL NAJER KHAN ALIAS NANAHA KHANLKD · LKD10,22521.3%
  3. 3BARISHATH NARAIN ALIAS BHUKHAL MAHARAJIndependent · IND6,77014.1%
  4. 4MUKESH CHANDER JAISWALJanata Party · JNP6,26213.1%
  5. 5GOPAL KRISHAN YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1782.5%
  6. 6NAND LAL KATWASIndependent · IND8231.7%
  7. 7SITA RAM TRIPATHIIndependent · IND5351.1%
  8. 8M. NASIM ANSARICommunist Party of India · CPI3730.8%
  9. 9ANANG SINGHIndependent · IND2220.5%
  10. 10CHANA LAL ALIAS CHAMAN LALIndependent · IND2050.4%
  11. 11MD. WAKAR HAMIDIndependent · IND1900.4%
  12. 12MEHINDER KUMAR ALIAS MAN GURUIndependent · IND1850.4%
  13. 13AFTAB ALIAS BABAIndependent · IND1720.4%
  14. 14PRAKASH CHANDER KASHUWAHAIndependent · IND1680.4%
  15. 15PRAKASH CHANDER SHARMA ALIAS PAKAN MAMAIndependent · IND1380.3%
  16. 16KEDAR NATH SINGHDDP · DDP1140.2%
  17. 17ARUN KUMAR PATHAKIndependent · IND1080.2%
  18. 18RAJINDER MOHAN VERMAIndependent · IND1070.2%
  19. 19CH. PROSHOTAM LALIndependent · IND970.2%
  20. 20PHOOL SINGHIndependent · IND910.2%
  21. 21RADHAV RAM SINGH YADAV SHASTRIIndependent · IND860.2%
  22. 22GULAB SINGH KASHUWAHAIndependent · IND780.2%
  23. 23LALU RAMIndependent · IND640.1%
  24. 24SIVE SHANKAR MISRAIndependent · IND600.1%
  25. 25MEHINDER PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND570.1%
  26. 26BABA KASTURI LAL SAHANIIndependent · IND520.1%
  27. 27BHOLA NATH BHARTYAIndependent · IND500.1%
  28. 28SHYAM LALIndependent · IND330.1%
  29. 29CHOUDHURY JAWAHAR LAL NISHADIndependent · IND240.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−23.4%
INC share
42.6% → 40.6%
LKD share
0.0% → 21.3%
Turnout
— → —
275. Allahabad North277. Allahabad West
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