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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974

424 seats · vs 1969 (425-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 215 seatsBhartiya Krishak Dal — 106 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 61 seatsCommunist Party of India — 16 seatsNCO — 10 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsSOP — 5 seats5 other parties — 6 seats213424of 424 seats
  • INC215
  • BKD106
  • BJS61
  • CPI16
  • NCO10
  • IND5
  • SOP5
  • Others6

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress21551%88,68,22932.3%403
BKDBhartiya Krishak Dal10625%58,26,25621.2%396
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh6114%47,01,97217.1%401
CPICommunist Party of India164%6,72,8812.5%40
NCONCO102%22,96,8838.4%388
INDIndependent51%28,15,74710.3%1516
SOPSOP51%7,95,7702.9%226
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)20%1,94,2570.7%36
MULMUL10%3,78,2211.4%54
SWASwatantra Party10%3,11,6691.1%211
SSDSanyukt Samajwadi Dal10%1,90,2590.7%69
HMSHMS10%81,8290.3%32

+ 14 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1974 · winner by seat

403 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 213

1974 · selected
Majority 213
INC215BKD106BJS61CPI16NCO10IND5SOP5CPM2MUL1SWA1+2 more · 2 seats
1969 · previous
Majority 213

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1969 → 1974

1969 1974· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
33.7
32.3
21.3
21.2
17.9
17.1
3.1
2.5
0.0
8.4
7.1
10.3
3.5
0.3
INCBKDBJSCPINCOINDRPI

Seat change

1974 seats minus 1969 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
211 → 215
+4
BKD
98 → 106
+8
BJS
49 → 61
+12
CPI
4 → 16
+12
NCO
0 → 10
+10
IND
18 → 5
−13
SOP
0 → 5
+5
CPM
1 → 2
+1
MUL
0 → 1
+1
SWA
5 → 1
−4

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1969 → 1974

share lostshare gained
NCO
0.0% → 8.4%
+8.4%
IND
7.1% → 10.3%
+3.2%
SOP
0.0% → 2.9%
+2.9%
MUL
0.0% → 1.4%
+1.4%
SSD
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
RPK
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
KMP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.4%
MAP
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
CPI
3.1% → 2.5%
−0.6%
BJS
17.9% → 17.1%
−0.8%

Biggest INC–BKD swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BKD vote gap moved most, 1969 → 1974. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − BKD share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward BKD.

toward BKDtoward INC
Hardwar
−72.1%
Rasra
−67.1%
Naurangia
+61.0%
Maharajganj
+60.4%
Kannauj
+59.2%
Agra West
+57.8%
Lucknow West
+54.7%
Jhansi
+54.0%
Kolasla
−53.0%
Ghosi
−51.7%
Bilaspur
−51.5%
Ranikhet
+49.7%

Closest races · 1974

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1974

424 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1969