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171. Jabalpur West

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-JABALPUR-WEST

INC 56.2%won by 17.9%BJS 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.1% to 17.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.4% — 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
43,024
Margin
7,697
17.89%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAWAIMALIndian National Congress · INC24,18156.2%
  2. 2BHAGWATIDHAR VAJPAYEEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,48438.3%
  3. 3MOHAN SHASHIIndependent · IND1,3323.1%
  4. 4RAMGOPAL SONICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4591.1%
  5. 5BALLABHDAS JAINSOP · SOP4351.0%
  6. 6SURESHCHANDIndependent · IND1330.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+5.8%
INC share
40.2% → 56.2%
BJS share
28.1% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
170. Jabalpur Contonment172. Jabalpur East
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