Constituency
421. Sultanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SULTANPUR
INC 56.1%won by 20.6%BJS 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.9% to 20.6%.
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 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,27,773
Turnout
42.4%
Valid votes
2,23,807
Margin
46,010
20.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1G. SAHAIIndian National Congress · INC1,25,45356.1%
- 2J. K. AGARWALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS79,44335.5%
- 3S. U. KHANIndependent · IND11,9455.3%
- 4H. PRASADIndependent · IND6,9663.1%
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
- −33.2%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 56.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- 41.3% → 42.4%