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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 421 · 1969
Roorkee
Winner — 1969
J . N . SINHA
INC· INC
INC 33.9%BKD 33.1%2 others 33.0%
Votes
26,692
33.9% share
Winning margin
675
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
71.6%
of 1,09,859
Roorkee was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 675 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J . N . SINHA | INC | 26,692 | 33.9% |
| 2 | RAO MUSHTAQ | 26,017 | 33.1% | |
| 3 | MOLJAR SINGH | Samyukta Socialist Party | 13,762 | 17.5% |
| 4 | CHANDRAKANT | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 12,214 | 15.5% |
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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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marginal0.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 6.9% · min 0.9% · max 14.9%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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425 seats · 213 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.9%BKD 33.1%SSP 17.5%BJS 15.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED