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187. Sagar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-SAGAR

INC 52.3%won by 19.2%SOP 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 19.2%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
42,185
Margin
8,092
19.18%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JWALAPRASAD JYOTISHIIndian National Congress · INC22,07152.3%
  2. 2NARAYAN SHANKAR TRIVEDISOP · SOP13,97933.1%
  3. 3RANA AJAYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,09212.1%
  4. 4MOHANLAL TIWARIIndependent · IND6111.4%
  5. 5RAM SINGHIndependent · IND4321.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−25.7%
INC share
44.9% → 52.3%
SOP share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
186. Khurai188. Surkhi
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