Constituency
148. Rajnandgaon
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-RAJNANDGAON
INC 34.0%won by 5.8%IND 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 5.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
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
37,345
Margin
2,177
5.83%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. SHUKLAIndian National Congress · INC12,70734.0%
- 2B. P. SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND10,53028.2%
- 3J. P. L. FRANSISSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7,66320.5%
- 4S. SHASTRIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,00213.4%
- 5G. R. SONIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,4433.9%
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–IND swing
- −27.8%
- INC share
- 38.6% → 34.0%
- IND share
- 4.9% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —