Constituency
117. Saraipali
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-SARAIPALI
INC 44.7%won by 4.5%BJS 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 4.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,185
Margin
1,310
4.49%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1V. B. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,04444.7%
- 2JAGDISHLAL LAKHISINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,73440.2%
- 3GANESHRAM VISHIKESHANIndependent · IND2,6929.2%
- 4NARAYAN DASHRATHIIndependent · IND8993.1%
- 5G. R. SEN VISHAN DAYALIndependent · IND8162.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −13.4%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 44.7%
- BJS share
- 35.1% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —