Constituency
84. Dharamjaigarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-DHARAMJAIGARH
INC 41.9%won by 12.6%BJS 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.5% to 12.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.
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
35,021
Margin
4,399
12.56%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VAIDYA BEGRAJ SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC14,68841.9%
- 2VIJAI SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,28929.4%
- 3CHANESH RAM RATHIAIndependent · IND5,96017.0%
- 4RAGHUBIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,7855.1%
- 5CHHUNKU DAS MAHANTIndependent · IND1,7375.0%
- 6KRIPA RAM RATHIASOP · SOP5621.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −28.9%
- INC share
- 60.0% → 41.9%
- BJS share
- 18.5% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- — → —