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416. Pratapgarh

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-PRATAPGARH

INC 65.1%won by 33.3%SSP 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 33.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 85.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
5,42,156
Turnout
44.5%
Valid votes
2,41,053
Margin
80,186
33.26%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DINESH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,56,90265.1%
  2. 2MUNISHWAR DUTT UPADHYAYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP76,71631.8%
  3. 3SHEO NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND3,8471.6%
  4. 4SHYAM SUNDER UPADHYAYAIndependent · IND1,8270.8%
  5. 5NARESH BAHADURIndependent · IND1,7610.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SSP swing
+23.2%
INC share
47.8% → 65.1%
SSP share
37.7% → 31.8%
Turnout
44.4% → 44.5%
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