Constituency
200. Chhindwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-CHHINDWARA
INC 47.5%won by 15.0%BJS 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.2% to 15.0%.
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 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 56.4% — 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
25,573
Margin
3,838
15.01%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1V. V. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC12,15747.5%
- 2V. PATNIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,31932.5%
- 3NAINSINGHIndependent · IND1,0424.1%
- 4R. K. HALDULKARIndependent · IND1,0234.0%
- 5S. JAMKARIndependent · IND1,0194.0%
- 6K. A. SANCHETILALIndependent · IND5672.2%
- 7D. D. CHARNAGARSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3631.4%
- 8G. SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND3441.3%
- 9A. MISHRAIndependent · IND2741.1%
- 10R. SOMLALIndependent · IND2400.9%
- 11S. D. TIWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP2250.9%
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
- −24.8%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 47.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —