Constituency
77. Ambikapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-AMBIKAPUR
INC 40.8%won by 9.9%BJS 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 18.1% to 40.8% of the vote here (+22.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.6% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — 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
22,559
Margin
2,230
9.89%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S. TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC9,19440.8%
- 2R. RAMANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,96430.9%
- 3S. S. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP5,35223.7%
- 4DEWANDRPI · RPI7453.3%
- 5S. D. JAISWALPraja Socialist Party · PSP3041.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −8.2%
- INC share
- 18.1% → 40.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —