Constituency
141. Durg City
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-DURG-CITY
INC 55.8%won by 33.2%BJS 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 33.2%.
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 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
33,080
Margin
10,993
33.23%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R. JHAIndian National Congress · INC18,45555.8%
- 2M. LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,46222.6%
- 3D. DESHLAHARAIndependent · IND3,94711.9%
- 4M. SHAFISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,0596.2%
- 5R. TIRHUTEEIndependent · IND1,1573.5%
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
- −7.8%
- INC share
- 41.1% → 55.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —