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Constituency

54. Gurh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-GURH

INC 46.8%won by 20.9%SOP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.1% to 20.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 79.3% — 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
40,217
Margin
8,396
20.88%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOP swing
−33.3%
INC share
54.2% 46.8%
SOP share
0.0% 26.0%
Turnout