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Constituency

395. Garhwal

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GARHWAL

INC 79.2%won by 64.4%NCO 14.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.6% to 64.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 14.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.2% to 30.7%.

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

Electorate
4,56,149
Turnout
30.7%
Valid votes
1,40,049
Margin
90,224
64.42%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,10,97179.2%
  2. 2MEHARWAN SINGHNCO · NCO20,74714.8%
  3. 3TUNGAL SINGHIndependent · IND8,3315.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
+10.0%
INC share
54.4% 79.2%
NCO share
0.0% 14.8%
Turnout
38.9% 30.7%