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151. Khairagarh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-KHAIRAGARH

INC 66.8%won by 52.5%SOP 14.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.3% to 52.5%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 14.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
33,338
Margin
17,516
52.54%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIJAYALAL OSWALIndian National Congress · INC22,25766.8%
  2. 2MANIKLAL GUPTASOP · SOP4,74114.2%
  3. 3DAURAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,2959.9%
  4. 4PILIIndependent · IND1,8525.6%
  5. 5SAHAYAKLAL SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND1,1933.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−3.0%
INC share
55.6% → 66.8%
SOP share
0.0% → 14.2%
Turnout
— → —
150. Dongargarh152. Bireudranagar
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