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Constituency

172. Jabalpur East

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-JABALPUR-EAST

INC 56.6%won by 36.4%BJS 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 36.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 87.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,806
Margin
15,197
36.35%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
+29.5%
INC share
47.0% 56.6%
BJS share
40.1% 20.2%
Turnout