Constituency
478. Dehra Dun
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-DEHRA-DUN
INC 68.5%won by 51.0%BJS 17.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 51.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.6% to 68.5% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 17.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.3% to 54.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,14,650
Turnout
54.0%
Valid votes
2,77,681
Margin
1,41,525
50.97%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1MULKI RAJIndian National Congress · INC1,90,16068.5%
- 2NITYA NAND SWAMIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS48,63517.5%
- 3RAO MAHMOOD AHMAD KHANBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD12,3754.5%
- 4MAHATMA RAM DASSIndependent · IND6,3512.3%
- 5BABU RAM GUPTAIndependent · IND4,7981.7%
- 6YASHPAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,4471.6%
- 7KULA NANDIndependent · IND3,4071.2%
- 8SHYAM LALLIndependent · IND2,6461.0%
- 9SARJEETALI KHANIndependent · IND1,9330.7%
- 10GAJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,8980.7%
- 11VAIDYA JAGDISH SHASTRIIndependent · IND1,0310.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +14.3%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 68.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 17.5%
- Turnout
- 65.3% → 54.0%