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Constituency

67. Kotma

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-KOTMA

INC 56.8%won by 26.2%SOC 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.2% to 26.2%.

  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.3% of the vote between them, up from 47.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
7,065
Margin
1,853
26.23%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GIRJA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC4,01156.8%
  2. 2GAJROOP SINGHSOC · SOC2,15830.5%
  3. 3PHOOL KUNWARJS · JS89612.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
+1.8%
INC share
24.5% 56.8%
SOC share
0.0% 30.5%
Turnout