Constituency
204. Chaurai
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-CHAURAI
INC 54.2%won by 39.3%BJS 14.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 39.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.9% to 54.2% of the vote here (+21.3%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 14.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 77.0% — 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
22,841
Margin
8,984
39.33%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1D. SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC12,38254.2%
- 2S. SHANKARLALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,39814.9%
- 3K. PADAMSINGHJAC · JAC2,62311.5%
- 4B. PANDEYIndependent · IND1,9038.3%
- 5J. BUDDHARAMIndependent · IND1,3065.7%
- 6D. VERMAIndependent · IND1,2295.4%
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–BJS swing
- +6.4%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 54.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 14.9%
- Turnout
- — → —