GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999
Lucknow
Sheela Kaul (INC) won by 1,19,201 votes (49.9%).
- Electors
- 5,13,722
- Votes polled
- 2,42,017
- Valid votes
- 2,38,808
- Turnout
- 47.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 49.9% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 16.4%(-12.6%)
- Turnout
- 48.6%(-1.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 79.8%
Winning margin over time · Lucknow
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheela KaulWinner | INC | 1,71,019 | 71.6% |
| 2 | Purshottam Das Kapoor | BJS | 51,818 | 21.7% |
| 3 | D. P. Bora | BKD | 12,039 | 5.0% |
| 4 | M. A. Haleem | ISP | 2,205 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Gopal Das | IND | 1,402 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Har Sharan Varma | IND | 325 | 0.1% |
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