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211. Hoshangabad

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-HOSHANGABAD

INC 44.6%won by 25.8%JS 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 25.8%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 18.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 75.1% — 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
18,057
Margin
4,650
25.75%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUSHILA DEVI DIXITIndian National Congress · INC8,06144.6%
  2. 2PREM SINGHJS · JS3,41118.9%
  3. 3RAMDAS GULBRELEPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,30618.3%
  4. 4RAMNATH SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP2,90616.1%
  5. 5PREMDAS MAHOBIASOC · SOC3732.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−18.1%
INC share
43.9% → 44.6%
JS share
0.0% → 18.9%
Turnout
— → —
210. Itarsi212. Piparia
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