Constituency
137. Maro
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-MARO
INC 52.2%won by 4.4%BJS 47.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.1% to 4.4%.
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 47.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — 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
24,559
Margin
1,071
4.36%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1D. P. PATREIndian National Congress · INC12,81552.2%
- 2R. KURREBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,74447.8%
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
- −40.6%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 52.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 47.8%
- Turnout
- — → —