Constituency
196. Chhapara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-CHHAPARA
INC 68.3%won by 51.6%BJS 16.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.0% to 51.6%.
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 16.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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
17,777
Margin
9,174
51.61%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1T. DEEPSINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,13968.3%
- 2BHAIYALALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,96516.7%
- 3KAMALSIIndependent · IND1,1916.7%
- 4KADHORILALPraja Socialist Party · PSP8835.0%
- 5BHADURSINGHIndependent · IND5993.4%
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
- +5.4%
- INC share
- 46.2% → 68.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 16.7%
- Turnout
- — → —