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Constituency

8. Gohad

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-GOHAD

BJS 49.2%won by 2.9%INC 46.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya 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.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
45,561
Margin
1,316
2.89%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJSINC swing
−40.6%
BJS share
62.1% 49.2%
INC share
18.6% 46.3%
Turnout