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Constituency

118. Basna

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-BASNA

INC 43.2%won by 19.0%BJS 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 19.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.3% between them, down from 84.3% — 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
27,543
Margin
5,242
19.03%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−31.4%
INC share
57.6% 43.2%
BJS share
7.2% 24.1%
Turnout