Constituency
144. Balod
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-BALOD
INC 50.5%won by 9.7%BJS 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 9.7%.
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 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — 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
33,926
Margin
3,281
9.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1H. SONBOIRIndian National Congress · INC17,14250.5%
- 2D. BHAIYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,86140.9%
- 3G. CHOUBECommunist Party of India · CPI1,2633.7%
- 4R. MISHRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,2103.6%
- 5U. PATAILIndependent · IND4501.3%
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
- −27.8%
- INC share
- 37.4% → 50.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —