Constituency
8. Gohad
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-GOHAD
BJS 49.2%won by 2.9%INC 46.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.5% to 2.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,561
Margin
1,316
2.89%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJS- 1BHURE LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS22,42849.2%
- 2PRABHU DAYALIndian National Congress · INC21,11246.3%
- 3BAL RAM SHAKYANCO · NCO1,2742.8%
- 4PEHLU RAMSwatantra Party · SWA7471.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −40.6%
- BJS share
- 62.1% → 49.2%
- INC share
- 18.6% → 46.3%
- Turnout
- — → —