Constituency
159. Katangi
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-KATANGI
INC 38.6%won by 17.8%RPI 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.5% to 38.6% of the vote here (+5.1%).
- New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 81.1% — the field split more ways.
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
38,314
Margin
6,832
17.83%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1V. PATELIndian National Congress · INC14,78738.6%
- 2K. H. JAINRPI · RPI7,95520.8%
- 3L. N. THAKREBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,10615.9%
- 4R. K.KOCHHADHIndependent · IND3,7549.8%
- 5O. R. RAHANGDALEIndependent · IND2,3126.0%
- 6MANGLOOIndependent · IND1,4503.8%
- 7R. UKEIndependent · IND1,3433.5%
- 8N. UKEIndependent · IND6071.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–RPI swing
- −15.6%
- INC share
- 33.5% → 38.6%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- — → —