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19. Gird

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-GIRD

INC 38.4%won by 19.6%PSP 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.0% to 19.6%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.2% 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
29,122
Margin
5,704
19.59%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHESH DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC11,18438.4%
  2. 2SARNAM SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,48018.8%
  3. 3BALKRISHNACommunist Party of India · CPI5,30518.2%
  4. 4GHAMANDIIndependent · IND2,96910.2%
  5. 5NAWAL SINGHHMS · HMS1,6835.8%
  6. 6BALRAMIndependent · IND1,5125.2%
  7. 7MOLUIndependent · IND9893.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−16.3%
INC share
35.9% → 38.4%
PSP share
0.0% → 18.8%
Turnout
— → —
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