Election
Constituency

33. Jatara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-JATARA

INC 42.4%won by 10.2%BJS 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.2% to 10.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 82.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,060
Margin
3,668
10.17%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−51.7%
INC share
65.3% 42.4%
BJS share
3.4% 32.2%
Turnout