Elections Archive

SC · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Maharajganj

Mahadeo Prasad (INC) won by 24,371 votes (13.5%).

Electors
4,00,205
Votes polled
1,88,631
Valid votes
1,81,144
Turnout
47.1%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 13.5% (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.

Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
1.6%(-2.6%)
Turnout
60.7%(+1.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
69.3%

Winning margin over time · Maharajganj

1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199944%

Candidates

Candidates · Maharajganj 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahadeo PrasadWinnerINC95,46952.7%
2Shibban Lal SaxenaSOC71,09839.2%
3MahatamPSP14,5778.0%

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