Constituency
457. Salempur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-SALEMPUR
BLD 72.1%won by 51.4%INC 20.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 51.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 72.1% of the vote here (+72.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 52.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,74,680
Turnout
52.1%
Valid votes
3,51,801
Margin
1,80,921
51.43%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1RAM NARESH KUSHWAHABLD · BLD2,53,65972.1%
- 2TARKESHWAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC72,73820.7%
- 3DEEN DAYAL SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP11,3893.2%
- 4MUSTAK AHMADIndependent · IND8,3922.4%
- 5DHIRENDRA NATH SHASTRIIndependent · IND5,6231.6%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +114.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 72.1%
- INC share
- 62.8% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- 44.7% → 52.1%