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Assembly seat no. 70 in Uttar Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 2 times since 1967.

OverviewElection History
1969INC1967BJS
Winner, 1969
CHHEDA LAL CHAUGHRY
INC
Elections held
2
1967–1969
Most successful party
INC
won 1 of 2
Margin, 1969
9,599
34.54% of valid votes

Result, 1969

Winner
INCCHHEDA LAL CHAUGHRY
Votes
15,134
Vote share
54.46%
Margin
9,599
Runner-up
BJSDURGA PRASAD
Votes
5,535
Vote share
19.92%
Behind by
9,599
Electors
96,884
Total votes polled
27,788
Valid votes
27,788
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
28.7%

Full result, 1969

6 candidates · 27,788 valid votes

1969 election →
CHHEDA LAL CHAUGHRYINCwon
15,134
54.5%
DURGA PRASADBJS
5,535
19.9%
GANGA RAMBKD
2,624
9.4%
PANCHAM LALRPI
2,162
7.8%
MEDAI LALPSP
2,031
7.3%
LAXMAN PRASADCPI
302
1.1%

Past results

Most recent 2 of 2 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
1969CHHEDA LAL CHAUGHRYINC15,13454.46%DURGA PRASAD9,599
1967D. PRASADBJS13,47440.27%C. L. CHAUDHARY644

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%10%20%31%41%19671969Turnout

Winning margin

0%10%19%29%39%19671969Margin

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