Election
Constituency

124. Dhamtari

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-DHAMTARI

INC 46.0%won by 2.8%BJS 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.9% to 2.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.1% between them, down from 96.1% — 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
56,220
Margin
1,578
2.81%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−4.1%
INC share
51.5% 46.0%
BJS share
44.6% 43.2%
Turnout