Election
Constituency

99. Bilha

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-BILHA

INC 41.4%won by 22.8%IND 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 22.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — 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 60.0% between them, down from 89.5% — 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
28,584
Margin
6,515
22.79%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−32.8%
INC share
62.3% 41.4%
IND share
6.8% 18.6%
Turnout