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Constituency

127. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-KANKER

INC 33.1%won by 4.5%IND 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.2% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.6% — 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 61.7% between them, down from 73.2% — 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
23,093
Margin
1,040
4.50%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−31.4%
INC share
44.7% 33.1%
IND share
8.7% 28.6%
Turnout