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159. Katangi

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-KATANGI

INC 41.4%won by 14.9%IND 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 14.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from RPI (RPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.8% of the vote between them, up from 59.4% — 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
45,222
Margin
6,741
14.91%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHITTOR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,70141.4%
  2. 2KACHRULALIndependent · IND11,96026.4%
  3. 3LOCHANLALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,93626.4%
  4. 4CHINTAMANIndependent · IND7751.7%
  5. 5BHUWANLALIndependent · IND7671.7%
  6. 6BHONDAI SINGHIndependent · IND5071.1%
  7. 7RAGHUNATHIndependent · IND4090.9%
  8. 8SONBAIndependent · IND1670.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−13.9%
INC share
38.6% → 41.4%
IND share
9.8% → 26.4%
Turnout
— → —
158. Khairalanjee160. Balaghat
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