Constituency
138. Bhilai Nagar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-BHILAI-NAGAR
INC 54.3%won by 27.9%PSP 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 27.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.8% of the vote between them, up from 49.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
26,485
Margin
7,389
27.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GOPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,39154.3%
- 2YOMAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,00226.4%
- 3ANANT SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,92511.0%
- 4LAXMI NARAYAN UIKEJS · JS2,1678.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +20.3%
- INC share
- 25.0% → 54.3%
- PSP share
- 17.4% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- — → —