Constituency
119. Pithora
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-PITHORA
INC 49.6%won by 23.3%BJS 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.4% to 49.6% of the vote here (+21.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 58.5% — 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
25,160
Margin
5,857
23.28%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1B. S. GIRIRAJSINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,47049.6%
- 2R. SONIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,61326.3%
- 3H. S. BISAMBHARSINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,1808.7%
- 4S. BODHANIndependent · IND1,2635.0%
- 5B. GHANARAMIndependent · IND1,0754.3%
- 6T. SHEOSINGHIndependent · IND4972.0%
- 7G. ANDREWSIndependent · IND4341.7%
- 8G. KASARPraja Socialist Party · PSP3471.4%
- 9H. D. KURRERPI · RPI2811.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −5.1%
- INC share
- 28.4% → 49.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- — → —