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417. Amethi

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-AMETHI

INC 62.1%won by 48.4%BJS 13.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 48.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.9% to 29.0%.

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

Electorate
5,33,697
Turnout
29.0%
Valid votes
1,55,026
Margin
74,977
48.36%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIDYA DHAR BAJPAIIndian National Congress · INC96,31262.1%
  2. 2GOKUL PRASAD PATHAKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS21,33513.8%
  3. 3WAST NABVINCO · NCO19,05112.3%
  4. 4KAILASH NATH SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD11,7877.6%
  5. 5BASUDEV SHASHTRIRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP6,5414.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+46.3%
INC share
35.8% → 62.1%
BJS share
33.7% → 13.8%
Turnout
34.9% → 29.0%
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