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161. Paraswada

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-PARASWADA

INC 42.4%won by 3.6%IND 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.6% to 3.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 66.4% — 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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Valid votes
33,395
Margin
1,211
3.63%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TEJLAL TEMBHREIndian National Congress · INC14,16242.4%
  2. 2PRATAPLALIndependent · IND12,95138.8%
  3. 3JITENDRALALSOP · SOP3,93511.8%
  4. 4GOVIND SINGHIndependent · IND9893.0%
  5. 5BALGOVINDIndependent · IND8582.6%
  6. 6PHUL CHANDIndependent · IND5001.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−24.1%
INC share
36.5% → 42.4%
IND share
8.8% → 38.8%
Turnout
— → —
160. Balaghat162. Mandla
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