Election
Constituency

148. Rajnandgaon

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-RAJNANDGAON

INC 50.3%won by 20.8%SOP 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.8% to 20.8%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
38,163
Margin
7,939
20.80%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KISHORILALIndian National Congress · INC19,20150.3%
  2. 2J. P. L. FRANCISSOP · SOP11,26229.5%
  3. 3REKHAB CHAND PAREKHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,7709.9%
  4. 4BAJI RAOIndependent · IND3,0077.9%
  5. 5VIDHYA BHUSHAN THAKURIndependent · IND4621.2%
  6. 6ABHA BRAMHACHARIIndependent · IND4611.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−13.2%
INC share
34.0% → 50.3%
SOP share
0.0% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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