Constituency
232. Shujalpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-SHUJALPUR
INC 35.9%won by 3.0%JS 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,376
Margin
790
3.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VISHNUCHARANIndian National Congress · INC9,46735.9%
- 2RUSTAM RAOJS · JS8,67732.9%
- 3RAMNARAYANSOC · SOC8,23231.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −53.8%
- INC share
- 56.8% → 35.9%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —