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Constituency

423. Faizabad

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

IN-FAIZABAD

INC 37.4%won by 7.6%BJS 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 7.6%.

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 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.3% between them, down from 74.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 50.7%.

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

Electorate
4,40,689
Turnout
50.7%
Valid votes
2,23,275
Margin
16,909
7.57%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−32.6%
INC share
40.1% 37.4%
BJS share
0.0% 29.8%
Turnout
47.4% 50.7%