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427. Basti

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BASTI

INC 58.4%won by 39.8%NCO 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 39.8%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 18.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.3% to 35.2%.

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

Electorate
5,14,908
Turnout
35.2%
Valid votes
1,81,228
Margin
72,109
39.79%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANANT PRASAD DHUSIAIndian National Congress · INC1,05,84858.4%
  2. 2SHEO NARAINNCO · NCO33,73918.6%
  3. 3SUKDEO PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,4248.5%
  4. 4DUKHI RAM RAHIIndependent · IND14,2557.9%
  5. 5GIRDHARIBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD11,9626.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+0.9%
INC share
38.9% → 58.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 18.6%
Turnout
46.5% → 35.2%
426. Gonda428. Domariaganj
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