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162. Udhampur

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-UDHAMPUR

INC 61.0%won by 35.2%BJS 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.0% to 35.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.1% to 48.5%.

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

Electorate
4,25,780
Turnout
48.5%
Valid votes
2,06,477
Margin
72,587
35.16%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,25,89061.0%
  2. 2BALDEV SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS53,30325.8%
  3. 3ABDUL RASHIDIndependent · IND13,4606.5%
  4. 4GOPAL DASSIndependent · IND3,5241.7%
  5. 5PRITAM SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,7621.3%
  6. 6JIA LALIndependent · IND2,6441.3%
  7. 7SHANKER DASSIndependent · IND2,4611.2%
  8. 8GULAM MIRIndependent · IND2,4331.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+0.0%
INC share
50.4% → 61.0%
BJS share
15.2% → 25.8%
Turnout
58.6% → 48.5%
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