Constituency
66. Sohagpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-SOHAGPUR
INC 65.3%won by 52.5%IND 12.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.9% to 52.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 12.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
32,103
Margin
16,867
52.54%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1K. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,96265.3%
- 2D. DAYALIndependent · IND4,09512.8%
- 3NANAKRAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,83812.0%
- 4PREMJISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,3534.2%
- 5D. RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3414.2%
- 6M. JAINCommunist Party of India · CPI3481.1%
- 7S. SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1660.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −2.3%
- INC share
- 54.8% → 65.3%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 12.8%
- Turnout
- — → —