Constituency
256. Dewas
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
MP-DEWAS
INC 48.5%won by 12.2%BJS 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 12.2%.
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 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — 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
40,571
Margin
4,969
12.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HATESINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,69348.5%
- 2HINDUSINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,72436.3%
- 3SHIVAJIRAMIndependent · IND3,1617.8%
- 4KANHAIYASINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,9937.4%
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
- −37.4%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 48.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —