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165. Jabalpur I

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-JABALPUR-I

INC 62.7%won by 38.0%JS 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.1% to 38.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
32,369
Margin
12,292
37.97%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUNJILAL DUBEIndian National Congress · INC20,30462.7%
  2. 2CHINNTAMAN SAHUJS · JS8,01224.8%
  3. 3SRISTIDHAR MUKERJICommunist Party of India · CPI2,5627.9%
  4. 4RASULBIIndependent · IND8242.5%
  5. 5PURANCHANDRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP6672.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−15.8%
INC share
53.8% → 62.7%
JS share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
— → —
164. Bargi166. Jabalpur I I
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