Election
Constituency

232. Shujalpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-SHUJALPUR

INC 35.9%won by 3.0%JS 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.1% to 3.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 87.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,376
Margin
790
3.00%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VISHNUCHARANIndian National Congress · INC9,46735.9%
  2. 2RUSTAM RAOJS · JS8,67732.9%
  3. 3RAMNARAYANSOC · SOC8,23231.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−53.8%
INC share
56.8% 35.9%
JS share
0.0% 32.9%
Turnout