Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Kanpur

S. M. Banerjee (IND) won by 89,199 votes (36.5%).

Electors
5,06,045
Votes polled
2,47,530
Valid votes
2,44,289
Turnout
48.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 36.5% (median 21.5%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1971 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
5.4%(-14.6%)
Turnout
44.8%(-4.2%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
87.0%

Winning margin over time · Kanpur

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199946%

Candidates

Candidates · Kanpur 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S. M. BanerjeeWinnerIND1,48,84560.9%
2Babu Ram ShuklaBJS59,64624.4%
3Mohammad WaseemIND24,77610.1%
4Sheo VarmaCPM3,1231.3%
5Lakhan LalIND1,3340.5%
6Shaukat AliMUM1,2590.5%
7Rama Kant AwasthiBKD1,2400.5%
8Vicky KapoorNCO1,1840.5%
9Ram SwarupIND7780.3%
10Chandra ShekharIND6450.3%
11Bhagwati Prasad DixitIND5400.2%
12Bal Roop SharmaRSM5110.2%
13Rai Som Narain SinhaIND1940.1%
14Rajendra SinghIND1330.1%
15Iqbal Ahmad KhuranaIND810.0%

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