Constituency
465. Ghazipur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GHAZIPUR
BLD 53.6%won by 25.9%INC 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 25.9%.
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 53.6% of the vote here (+53.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.3% of the vote between them, up from 75.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 57.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,39,586
Turnout
57.0%
Valid votes
3,64,231
Margin
94,345
25.90%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BLD- 1GAURI SHANKER RAIBLD · BLD1,95,25853.6%
- 2ZAINUL BASHARIndian National Congress · INC1,00,91327.7%
- 3SARJOO PANDEYCommunist Party of India · CPI41,40311.4%
- 4RAM SURAT ROYIndependent · IND11,3523.1%
- 5MOHIUDDINIndependent · IND6,2491.7%
- 6RAM JANAM RAMSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD5,8821.6%
- 7BABULAL SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND3,1740.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +25.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 53.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- 49.5% → 57.0%