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118. Barghat

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-BARGHAT

INC 47.6%won by 12.1%PSP 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 12.1%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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not in source
Valid votes
12,590
Margin
1,524
12.10%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAVINDRANATH BHARGAVAIndian National Congress · INC5,99747.6%
  2. 2JAGESHWARNATHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,47335.5%
  3. 3TUNDILALIndependent · IND1,2269.7%
  4. 4BHAIYALAL SHIVNATHSINGHIndependent · IND8947.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−38.2%
INC share
50.3% → 47.6%
PSP share
0.0% → 35.5%
Turnout
— → —
117. Seoni119. Bhoma
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