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Constituency

256. Shahpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-SHAHPUR

PSP 44.8%won by 4.6%INC 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 4.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
37,754
Margin
1,722
4.56%

Candidates

4 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1DURGABAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,92044.8%
  2. 2SHAMRAOIndian National Congress · INC15,19840.3%
  3. 3GOPALRAOREP · REP3,6849.8%
  4. 4BABURAOJS · JS1,9525.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSPINC swing
+1.2%
PSP share
51.7% 44.8%
INC share
48.3% 40.3%
Turnout