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169. Sihora

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-SIHORA

INC 35.8%won by 1.1%JS 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.0% to 1.1%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.5% of the vote between them, up from 59.8% — 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
22,079
Margin
247
1.12%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KASHI PRASADIndian National Congress · INC7,91135.8%
  2. 2GOKULPURIJS · JS7,66434.7%
  3. 3RAJARAM SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3,24314.7%
  4. 4PYARE LALIndependent · IND1,9038.6%
  5. 5RAJBAHADURSOC · SOC1,3586.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−30.8%
INC share
31.9% → 35.8%
JS share
0.0% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
168. Panagar170. Dhimerkheda
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