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44. Maihar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-MAIHAR

INC 39.6%won by 6.5%IND 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 6.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
44,540
Margin
2,884
6.48%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LALJI PATELIndian National Congress · INC17,64339.6%
  2. 2NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND14,75933.1%
  3. 3GAYARAM SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,00118.0%
  4. 4DEEN DAYALSOP · SOP2,2395.0%
  5. 5RAM YASIndependent · IND1,8984.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−7.6%
INC share
40.7% → 39.6%
IND share
26.6% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
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