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77. Ambikapur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-AMBIKAPUR

INC 67.5%won by 46.6%BJS 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.9% to 46.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 71.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
36,280
Margin
16,893
46.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEVENDRA KHUMARIIndian National Congress · INC24,49267.5%
  2. 2DEWTI RAMANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,59920.9%
  3. 3LAL SHAHIndependent · IND1,7694.9%
  4. 4DANSHRAJSOP · SOP1,3303.7%
  5. 5SHEOCHARANIndependent · IND7982.2%
  6. 6SITARAMIndependent · IND2920.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+36.7%
INC share
40.8% → 67.5%
BJS share
30.9% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
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