Election
Constituency

85. Gharghoda

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-GHARGHODA

INC 48.8%won by 23.5%BJS 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 27.8% to 48.8% of the vote here (+21.0%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
34,813
Margin
8,184
23.51%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SURENDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,99248.8%
  2. 2RAM PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,80825.3%
  3. 3BHANU PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND7,77622.3%
  4. 4NAKULIndependent · IND1,2373.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+34.7%
INC share
27.8% → 48.8%
BJS share
39.0% → 25.3%
Turnout
— → —
84. Dharamjaigarh86. Raigarh
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