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Constituency

473. Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MEERUT

INC 51.0%won by 23.2%NCO 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.1% to 51.0% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 85.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 65.6%.

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

Electorate
5,38,341
Turnout
65.6%
Valid votes
3,53,184
Margin
81,799
23.16%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−12.9%
INC share
36.1% 51.0%
NCO share
0.0% 27.9%
Turnout
60.9% 65.6%