Constituency
84. Dharamjaigarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-DHARAMJAIGARH
INC 60.0%won by 41.5%BJS 18.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.1% to 41.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 18.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.5% of the vote between them, up from 50.7% — 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
30,064
Margin
12,468
41.47%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1R. C. P. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,03160.0%
- 2LAKHIRAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,56318.5%
- 3C. S. CHOUDHARIIndependent · IND3,80412.7%
- 4D. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,2724.2%
- 5KAPURCHANDIndependent · IND9913.3%
- 6U. VERMAIndependent · IND4031.3%
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–BJS swing
- +12.6%
- INC share
- 28.9% → 60.0%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 18.5%
- Turnout
- — → —