Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Allahabad

Lal Bahadur Shastri (INC) won by 68,533 votes (29.0%).

Electors
4,46,090
Votes polled
2,45,210
Valid votes
2,36,488
Turnout
55.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 29.0% (median 12.2%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
10.8%(+4.4%)
Turnout
46.0%(-2.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
56.7%

Winning margin over time · Allahabad

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199943%

Candidates

Candidates · Allahabad 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lal Bahadur ShastriWinnerINC1,37,32458.1%
2Ram Gopal SandJS68,79129.1%
3Mubarak MazdoorIND30,37312.8%

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