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Constituency

136. Balod

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-BALOD

INC 37.4%won by 5.4%PSP 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.7% to 5.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.4% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,451
Margin
1,387
5.45%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−14.3%
INC share
59.9% 37.4%
PSP share
40.1% 32.0%
Turnout