Constituency
73. Surajpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-SURAJPUR
INC 59.6%won by 31.4%BJS 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party (RRP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 31.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 30.1% to 59.6% of the vote here (+29.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.8% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
27,904
Margin
8,749
31.35%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1B. S. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,62559.6%
- 2D. NATHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,87628.2%
- 3DAKHALRPI · RPI2,1757.8%
- 4AMBIKESHWARPraja Socialist Party · PSP7042.5%
- 5R. P. RAMIndependent · IND5241.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RRP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +1.3%
- INC share
- 30.1% → 59.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —