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131. Jagdalpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-JAGDALPUR

BJS 49.5%won by 17.0%INC 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.0% to 17.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
29,928
Margin
5,088
17.00%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1BALIRAM KASHYAP MAHADEVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,82049.5%
  2. 2SUKHRAMSINGH BENDORAMIndian National Congress · INC9,73232.5%
  3. 3BHURSURAM BADE GAGRUIndependent · IND2,4008.0%
  4. 4SHYAMSUNDAR SAMNATHIndependent · IND1,6255.4%
  5. 5DHANSAI LAKHMU BHAVANISOP · SOP1,3514.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
−34.0%
BJS share
67.7% → 49.5%
INC share
16.7% → 32.5%
Turnout
— → —
130. Bakawand132. Chitrakot
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