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172. Katghora

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

MP-KATGHORA

INC 26.8%won by 3.0%INC 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.9% to 3.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 50.6% of the vote between them, up from 44.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered7 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
37,382
Margin
1,135
3.04%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BANWARI LALIndian National Congress · INC10,02926.8%
  2. 2DEWAN RUDRASHARAN PRATAP SINGH (ST)Indian National Congress · INC8,89423.8%
  3. 3PREMSINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,00513.4%
  4. 4MUKUTRAM (ST)Independent · IND4,13911.1%
  5. 5SHYAM LAL (ST)Independent · IND3,75510.0%
  6. 6SHIVRATAN PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,7867.5%
  7. 7DHIRSAI (ST)Independent · IND2,7747.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
24.2% → 26.8%
INC share
24.2% → 26.8%
Turnout
— → —
171. Trnakhar173. Champa
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