Constituency
399. Almora
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-ALMORA
INC 46.8%won by 8.4%BJS 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.6% to 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 38.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,55,152
Turnout
27.9%
Valid votes
1,26,850
Margin
10,634
8.38%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1J. B. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC59,38846.8%
- 2G. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS48,75438.4%
- 3POORNANANDPraja Socialist Party · PSP18,70814.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −40.4%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 46.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 26.3% → 27.9%