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197. Chhindwara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-CHHINDWARA

INC 39.8%won by 23.2%JS 16.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 23.2%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 16.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.4% between them, down from 62.3% — the field split more ways.

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
23,253
Margin
5,398
23.21%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIDYAWATI VIDYASHANKER METHAIndian National Congress · INC9,25239.8%
  2. 2KUBER SINGH ONKAR SINGHJS · JS3,85416.6%
  3. 3HARKISHANLAL JAGANNATH PRASADIndependent · IND2,54110.9%
  4. 4ROOPCHAND NATHULALIndependent · IND2,1219.1%
  5. 5SUNDERLAL DURGA PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,1139.1%
  6. 6MADAN GOPAL LAXMI PRASADIndependent · IND2,0528.8%
  7. 7DALCHAND DAYACHAND CHARNAGARFB · FB5382.3%
  8. 8WAMAN NARAYANREP · REP4121.8%
  9. 9TH. KISHAN SINGH PADAMSINGHIndependent · IND3701.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−10.1%
INC share
33.3% → 39.8%
JS share
0.0% → 16.6%
Turnout
— → —
196. Chaurai198. Pagara
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