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Constituency

88. Sarangarh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-SARANGARH

INC 34.0%won by 1.3%IND 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 67.2% to 1.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 43.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 88.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
23,877
Margin
309
1.29%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−68.6%
INC share
77.8% 34.0%
IND share
7.9% 32.7%
Turnout