Constituency
177. Murwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-MURWARA
INC 63.5%won by 29.1%SOP 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 29.1%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 52.2% — 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
35,163
Margin
10,241
29.12%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1LAKHAN SINGH SOLANKIIndian National Congress · INC22,31563.5%
- 2NARASHNATH CHOUBESOP · SOP12,07434.3%
- 3CHHAKKILAL RAWATIndependent · IND7742.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- +0.4%
- INC share
- 28.7% → 63.5%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —