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420. Faizabad

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-FAIZABAD

INC 58.4%won by 38.3%NCO 20.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.6% to 38.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 20.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.0% to 42.7%.

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

Electorate
4,75,256
Turnout
42.7%
Valid votes
2,02,736
Margin
77,690
38.32%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM KRISHNA SINHAIndian National Congress · INC1,18,42258.4%
  2. 2SUCHETA KRIPALANINCO · NCO40,73220.1%
  3. 3MAHADEO PRASADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD18,4749.1%
  4. 4SAROJIndependent · IND10,2325.0%
  5. 5HAFIZ ABDUL RAHIM KHANIndependent · IND6,0313.0%
  6. 6HUB LALIndependent · IND3,9471.9%
  7. 7JAMUNA PRASADIndependent · IND3,0811.5%
  8. 8BADRI NIWAS PANDEYIndependent · IND1,8170.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+0.9%
INC share
37.4% → 58.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 20.1%
Turnout
50.7% → 42.7%
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