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Uttar Pradesh · PC 60 · 1961 by-election
Sultanpur
Winner — 1961 by-election
G.SAHAI
Independent
IND 36.7%INC 35.6%1 other 27.7%
Votes
37,785
36.7% share
Winning margin
1,129
1.1% of votes
Total votes cast
1,03,018
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A close contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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1.1%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
An independent, INC and BJS took 100% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.96 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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36.7%won by IND
IND 36.7%INC 35.6%BJS 27.7%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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