Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Sitapur

Suraj Lal (JS) won by 3,377 votes (1.6%).

Electors
4,71,972
Votes polled
2,18,993
Valid votes
2,12,444
Turnout
46.4%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 1.6% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
5.7%(+1.4%)
Turnout
57.9%(-1.7%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
60.6%

Winning margin over time · Sitapur

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199935%

Candidates

Candidates · Sitapur 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suraj LalWinnerJS76,24235.9%
2Dinesh Pratap SinghINC72,86534.3%
3Bachcho Lal YadavSOC29,33113.8%
4Habib AhmadIND17,2398.1%
5Madho Prasad MisraPSP16,7677.9%

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