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Constituency

73. Surajpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-SURAJPUR

INC 42.6%won by 17.6%BJS 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.4% to 17.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.7% between them, down from 87.8% — 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
32,049
Margin
5,634
17.58%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−13.8%
INC share
59.6% 42.6%
BJS share
28.2% 25.0%
Turnout