Constituency
156. Dhamtari
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957
MP-DHAMTARI
INC 21.3%won by 1.3%INC 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 1.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 41.3% between them, down from 63.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
93,453
Margin
1,232
1.32%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1PURSHOTTAMDASIndian National Congress · INC19,90021.3%
- 2JHITKOO (ST)Indian National Congress · INC18,66820.0%
- 3PANDHRIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,70418.9%
- 4AKBARSINGH (ST)Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,23814.2%
- 5PRAPHOOLCHAND (ST)Praja Socialist Party · PSP5,3315.7%
- 6RAMSEWAKPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,7145.0%
- 7PARDESHIRAM (ST)Independent · IND4,4594.8%
- 8RADHESHYAMIndependent · IND4,1524.4%
- 9LALSINGH (ST)Independent · IND3,0233.2%
- 10BAHORANSINGH (ST)Independent · IND2,2642.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 21.3%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 21.3%
- Turnout
- — → —