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438. Azamgarh

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-AZAMGARH

INC 47.4%won by 22.8%SSP 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 22.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 44.6%.

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

Electorate
5,57,014
Turnout
44.6%
Valid votes
2,48,287
Margin
56,669
22.82%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDRAJEETIndian National Congress · INC1,17,71947.4%
  2. 2VISHRAMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP61,05024.6%
  3. 3GIRIJA KUMARBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD40,73616.4%
  4. 4DAYARAM BHASKARIndependent · IND14,0165.6%
  5. 5TRIBHUWANIndependent · IND5,4822.2%
  6. 6SHAFATIndependent · IND5,2922.1%
  7. 7KEDAR NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND2,2390.9%
  8. 8SALIK RAM SHUCKLAIndependent · IND1,7530.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SSP swing
+13.9%
INC share
37.3% → 47.4%
SSP share
28.4% → 24.6%
Turnout
48.0% → 44.6%
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