Constituency
113. Bhatapara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-BHATAPARA
INC 46.8%won by 12.0%BJS 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.8% to 12.0%.
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 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — 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
33,039
Margin
3,960
11.99%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1S. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC15,46046.8%
- 2S. S. MITRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,50034.8%
- 3RAJWAIndependent · IND1,9015.8%
- 4B. P. R. AWATARIndependent · IND1,5974.8%
- 5L. RAMADHARIndependent · IND1,1973.6%
- 6G. P. BHUWANLALCommunist Party of India · CPI1,1703.5%
- 7H. R. KHONDEIndependent · IND2140.6%
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–BJS swing
- −29.8%
- INC share
- 41.8% → 46.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —