Election
Constituency

104. Masturi

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-MASTURI

INC 42.8%won by 6.3%JS 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.0% to 6.3%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.4% of the vote between them, up from 57.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
15,682
Margin
982
6.26%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GANESHRAM ANANTIndian National Congress · INC6,71942.8%
  2. 2SAKHARAMJS · JS5,73736.6%
  3. 3JAGRIIndependent · IND1,3098.3%
  4. 4PYAREIndependent · IND8945.7%
  5. 5CHHABILALSwatantra Party · SWA7064.5%
  6. 6SHEONATHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3172.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−36.1%
INC share
42.4% → 42.8%
JS share
0.0% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
103. Bilaspur105. Belha
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