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85. Banda

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-BANDA

INC 28.2%won by 1.6%BJS 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 1.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
15,174
Margin
250
1.65%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SWAMI KRISHNA NAND RAMCHARANIndian National Congress · INC4,28428.2%
  2. 2RAGWAN SINGH CHATURBHUJ SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,03426.6%
  3. 3GOVINDRAO KASHINATHRAOPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,69324.3%
  4. 4MAKUNDA KHANJUIndependent · IND1,63810.8%
  5. 5NARMADA PRASAD AJUDHYA PRASADIndependent · IND1,52510.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−15.3%
INC share
33.2% → 28.2%
BJS share
16.3% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
84. Khurai86. Hatta
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