Constituency
75. Samri
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-SAMRI
BJS 45.9%won by 14.3%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 14.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
28,853
Margin
4,113
14.26%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJS- 1LARANGSAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,23045.9%
- 2JITAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,11731.6%
- 3PUSHNATHSOP · SOP4,25614.8%
- 4TUNESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND2,2507.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −21.1%
- BJS share
- 53.4% → 45.9%
- INC share
- 18.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —