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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 429 · 1962
Dehra Dun
Winner — 1962
BRIJ BHUSHAN SARAN
INC· INC
INC 28.3%IND 27.6%5 others 44.1%
Votes
12,638
28.3% share
Winning margin
282
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
66.0%
of 67,764
Dehra Dun was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 282 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRIJ BHUSHAN SARAN | INC | 12,638 | 28.3% |
| 2 | RAM SWARUP | IND | 12,356 | 27.6% |
| 3 | SWAMI NITYA NAND | 9,210 | 20.6% | |
| 4 | SUNIL CHANDRA DUTTA | IND | 6,017 | 13.5% |
| 5 | SADHU SINGH | Praja Socialist Party | 4,248 | 9.5% |
| 6 | BABU RAM GUPTA | 144 | 0.3% | |
| 7 | B. S. HUDSON | IND | 82 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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swing0.6%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 0.6% · min 0.6% · max 0.6%
How contested is turnout?
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66%
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How crowded is the field?
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4.42
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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430 seats · 216 majority
How did the vote split?
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4.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.3%IND 27.6%BJS 20.6%IND 13.5%PSP 9.5%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED