Constituency
173. Patan
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-PATAN
INC 81.2%won by 62.4%BJS 18.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 32.3% to 62.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
22,546
Margin
14,062
62.37%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1MOTILAL SHENKARIndian National Congress · INC18,30481.2%
- 2ROSHANLAL SONKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,24218.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +20.0%
- INC share
- 58.2% → 81.2%
- BJS share
- 15.8% → 18.8%
- Turnout
- — → —