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406. Shahjahanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SHAHJAHANPUR

INC 41.0%won by 8.7%BJS 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 8.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.3% of the vote between them, up from 32.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,42,094
Turnout
46.4%
Valid votes
2,51,543
Margin
21,924
8.72%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUNWAR JITENDRA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC1,03,18341.0%
  2. 2BISHAN CHANDRA SETHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS81,25932.3%
  3. 3MOHAMMAD RAFI KHANNCO · NCO24,9159.9%
  4. 4HARDAYAL SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP21,5638.6%
  5. 5CHAUDHRY LAKHAN DASSIndependent · IND6,2722.5%
  6. 6RAM PALIndependent · IND3,8151.5%
  7. 7SUKH LALIndependent · IND3,5211.4%
  8. 8MUZAFFAR HUSAIN KHANIndependent · IND2,5771.0%
  9. 9RADHEY SHYAM BHARTIBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,4191.0%
  10. 10AIZAZ KHANIndependent · IND2,0190.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+6.8%
INC share
16.7% → 41.0%
BJS share
14.8% → 32.3%
Turnout
46.5% → 46.4%
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