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Constituency

66. Sohagpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-SOHAGPUR

INC 58.0%won by 31.1%SOP 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.5% to 31.1%.

  • 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 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.1% — 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
40,831
Margin
12,688
31.07%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOP swing
−34.2%
INC share
65.3% 58.0%
SOP share
0.0% 26.9%
Turnout