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Constituency

112. Baloda Bazar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-BALODA-BAZAR

INC 55.4%won by 28.2%BJS 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 28.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.6% of the vote between them, up from 74.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
40,644
Margin
11,447
28.16%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−2.9%
INC share
52.9% 55.4%
BJS share
21.8% 27.2%
Turnout