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Constituency

87. Pussour

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-PUSSOUR

INC 49.7%won by 9.8%BJS 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.2% to 9.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JAC (JAC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
30,314
Margin
2,960
9.76%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−41.8%
INC share
60.7% 49.7%
BJS share
9.1% 39.9%
Turnout