Constituency
68. Kotma
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-KOTMA
INC 80.0%won by 68.9%SSP 11.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.2% to 68.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 11.1% — 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
27,484
Margin
18,945
68.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1K. M. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,98780.0%
- 2RAMDAYALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,04211.1%
- 3P. DASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,0107.3%
- 4R. P. TIWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP4451.6%
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–SSP swing
- +12.2%
- INC share
- 56.8% → 80.0%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 11.1%
- Turnout
- — → —