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Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1974

The 6th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
424
213 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
215 seats · majority
Candidates
4,039
92 women, 21 elected
Turnout
55.21%
2.75 cr of 4.97 cr

The house

424 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

424SEATS
  • INC215
  • BKD106
  • BJS61
  • CPI16
  • NCO10
  • IND5
  • SOP5
  • CPM2
  • Others4

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Uttar Pradesh assembly election (1969)

IND
-13
BJS
+12
CPI
+12
BKD
+8
INC
+4
SWA
-4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress215+440334.0%88,68,22932.29%-1.399
BKDBKD106+839622.5%58,26,25621.22%-0.08150
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh61+1240118.2%47,01,97217.12%-0.80197
CPICommunist Party of India16+124025.6%6,72,8812.45%-0.6010
NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation)10—3889.2%22,96,8838.36%—325
INDIndependent5-1315162.9%28,15,74710.25%+3.161479
SOPSOP5—2265.4%7,95,7702.90%—199
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2+1368.1%1,94,2570.71%+0.2231
MULIndian Union Muslim League1—5410.2%3,78,2211.38%—43
SWASwatantra Party1-42112.3%3,11,6691.14%-0.12208
SSDSSD1—694.1%1,90,2590.69%—65
HMSHMS10324.3%81,8290.30%+0.0130
RPKRPK0—872.3%1,36,5200.50%—86
RPIRPI0-1522.5%85,3720.31%-3.1751
LTSLTS0—461.2%36,4470.13%—46
FBLAll India Forward Bloc00181.1%12,8310.05%-0.0318
RRPRRP00171.0%12,3330.04%+0.0317
LTDLTD0—151.1%10,7450.04%—15
RSMRSM0—72.2%9,9070.04%—7
KMPKMP0-181.5%8,8700.03%-0.458
SUCSUC0033.2%5,9580.02%+0.023
PBIPBI0061.2%4,4740.02%-0.156
SSBSSB0—40.7%2,0290.01%—4
RPARPA0011.8%1,0850.00%-0.231
MAPMoulik Adhikar Party0010.7%4100.00%-0.551
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0—20.2%2650.00%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Uttar Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1974

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MUSSOORIEUttar PradeshINCSHANTI PRAPAUNA SHARMABKDKUSHAL PAL SINGH27,55950.09%
KARANPRAYAGUttar PradeshINCSHIVA NAND NAUTIYALNCOMEHARBAN SINGH18,83348.14%
LANSDOWNEUttar PradeshINCBHARAT SINGHNCOCHANDRAMOHAN SINGH23,60247.71%
PAURIUttar PradeshINCBHAGWATI CHARANINDCHANDRA SINGH16,77945.47%
KASHIPURUttar PradeshINCNARAYAN DATT TEWARIBKDGANPAT SINGH24,80839.44%
BARAUttar PradeshINCHEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNABKDB. D. SINGH24,05435.63%
BADRI KEDARUttar PradeshINCNARENDRA SINGHBJSPRATAP SINGH18,75234.80%
AGRA WESTUttar PradeshINCGULAB SEHRABJSKARAN SINGH VARMA19,37833.21%
GAROUTHAUttar PradeshINCRANJEET SINGH JASDEVBJSKANHAIYA LAL24,10332.90%
SISAMAUUttar PradeshINCSHEO LALBJSPANNA LAL PAMBEY21,76832.52%

Closest results of Feb 1974

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
RATHUttar PradeshINCSWAMI PRASAD SINGHBKDSHIVA NANDAN SINGH220.03%
SARSAULUttar PradeshINCRAM AUTAR SINGH BHADAURIABKDRAM GOPAL SINGH220.03%
ROBERTAGANJUttar PradeshBJSSUBEDARINCRAM MURTI KANAUJIA210.04%
RAE BARELIUttar PradeshINCSUNITA CHAUHANBKDUMA SHANKER YADAV320.05%
MAHSIUttar PradeshBJSSUKHAD RAJ SINGHINCRAM HARSH MISRA330.06%
MORADABADUttar PradeshBJSDINESH CHANDER RASTOGIMULSHAMIM AHMED KHAN850.12%
MUBARAKPURUttar PradeshBKDBHABHIINCSHIV GOVIND940.13%
MORNAUttar PradeshINCNARAIN SINGHBKDSAEED MURTAZA1120.15%
BHARTHANAUttar PradeshNCOGORE LAL SHAKYAINCBALRAM SINGH YADAV1370.16%
ALLAHABAD WESTUttar PradeshBJSTIRATH RAM KOHILIBKDHABIB AHMAD1760.28%