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475. Muzaffarnagar

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MUZAFFARNAGAR

CPI 54.1%won by 13.4%BKD 40.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 13.4%.

  • New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 40.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 46.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.2% to 69.8%.

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

Electorate
5,38,144
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
3,75,460
Margin
50,279
13.39%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1VIJAY PAL SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,03,19354.1%
  2. 2CHARAN SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD1,52,91440.7%
  3. 3LATAFAT ALI KHANIndependent · IND5,8931.6%
  4. 4CHOTAMUM · MUM4,0611.1%
  5. 5SHAMIMIndependent · IND3,7761.0%
  6. 6SHAKUNTLA PUNDRIKAKSHIndependent · IND3,2150.9%
  7. 7AMIRUDDINIndependent · IND2,4080.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BKD swing
−11.7%
CPI share
25.1% → 54.1%
BKD share
0.0% → 40.7%
Turnout
60.6% → 69.8%
474. Baghpat476. Kairana
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