Constituency
462. Machhlishahr
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MACHHLISHAHR
BLD 65.9%won by 39.7%INC 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 39.7%.
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 65.9% of the vote here (+65.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 50.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,33,108
Turnout
50.6%
Valid votes
3,20,427
Margin
1,27,056
39.65%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1RAJ KESHAR SINGHBLD · BLD2,11,19365.9%
- 2NAGESHWAR DWIVEDIIndian National Congress · INC84,13726.3%
- 3JAG DEO PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI10,1473.2%
- 4DHARM RAJ SINGH GAUTAMIndependent · IND7,0232.2%
- 5SHEO SHANKERIndependent · IND4,7261.5%
- 6SRIPAL DUBEYSUC · SUC3,2011.0%
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
- +86.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 65.9%
- INC share
- 46.3% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- 41.2% → 50.6%