Constituency
461. Kanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KANPUR
IND 32.3%won by 2.7%INC 29.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 84.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 51.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,64,670
Turnout
51.8%
Valid votes
2,40,823
Margin
6,517
2.71%
Candidates
12 contested · winner IND- 1S.M. BANERJIIndependent · IND77,88232.3%
- 2G. DUTTIndian National Congress · INC71,36529.6%
- 3B.R. SHUKLABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS46,89919.5%
- 4M. ALIIndependent · IND14,2995.9%
- 5R. ASREYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,3895.6%
- 6L.L. AMBEDKERIndependent · IND5,5032.3%
- 7G.D. NEERAJIndependent · IND3,3271.4%
- 8R.S.N. SINHAIndependent · IND2,1560.9%
- 9B.P. DIXITIndependent · IND1,9350.8%
- 10R.S. SINDOORIndependent · IND1,5590.6%
- 11M.M. SHUKLAIndependent · IND1,3890.6%
- 12N.L.S. YADAOIndependent · IND1,1200.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INC swing
- −19.5%
- IND share
- 53.2% → 32.3%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 29.6%
- Turnout
- 53.9% → 51.8%