Constituency
480. Kanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KANPUR
BLD 71.0%won by 45.9%INC 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 45.9%.
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 71.0% of the vote here (+71.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.5% to 57.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,57,627
Turnout
57.8%
Valid votes
3,79,992
Margin
1,74,289
45.87%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BLD- 1MANOHAR LALBLD · BLD2,69,62971.0%
- 2NARESH CHANDRA CHATURVEDIIndian National Congress · INC95,34025.1%
- 3BHAGWATI PRASAD DIXITIndependent · IND6,7991.8%
- 4S.M. BANERJIIndependent · IND5,0351.3%
- 5RAM CHANDRA SATHIIndependent · IND1,6770.4%
- 6MEWA LALIndependent · IND7960.2%
- 7O.P. MISRAIndependent · IND7160.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +45.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 71.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- 48.3% → 57.8%