Constituency
160. Balaghat
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-BALAGHAT
INC 58.4%won by 46.4%BJS 12.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.7% to 46.4%.
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 12.0% — 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
36,532
Margin
16,969
46.45%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1N. SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC21,34358.4%
- 2V. KUMARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,37412.0%
- 3S. LIKHANCommunist Party of India · CPI4,25311.6%
- 4S. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,07311.1%
- 5J. SAHESRAMIndependent · IND1,4223.9%
- 6S. RAMPRASADIndependent · IND1,0672.9%
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–BJS swing
- −1.9%
- INC share
- 48.3% → 58.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 12.0%
- Turnout
- — → —