Constituency
120. Mahasamund
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-MAHASAMUND
INC 42.1%won by 4.5%SSP 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.1% to 42.1% of the vote here (+10.9%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 68.5% — 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
31,344
Margin
1,405
4.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NEMICHANDIndian National Congress · INC13,18542.1%
- 2P. KAUSHIKSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP11,78037.6%
- 3N. D. P. DAGABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,0749.8%
- 4K. BHARATIndependent · IND1,1783.8%
- 5GUNNIDHILALIndependent · IND1,1673.7%
- 6P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9603.1%
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–SSP swing
- −26.7%
- INC share
- 31.1% → 42.1%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- — → —