Constituency
93. Janjgir
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-JANJGIR
INC 47.7%won by 8.9%JS 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 8.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
22,948
Margin
2,031
8.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESHWAR PRASAD SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC10,94447.7%
- 2TUNDILALJS · JS8,91338.8%
- 3GOKUL PRASADIndependent · IND1,8147.9%
- 4PUNAURAMIndependent · IND1,2775.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −55.5%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 47.7%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- — → —