Constituency
191. Gadarwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-GADARWARA
INC 48.2%won by 7.1%BJS 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.6% to 7.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,836
Margin
2,122
7.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HARI SHANKER STHAPAKIndian National Congress · INC14,39448.2%
- 2R. S. PRATAPSINGH JUDEVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,27241.1%
- 3LALUJIRAM DAMODAR PRASADIndependent · IND2,2547.6%
- 4CHHOTE KODUIndependent · IND9163.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −33.7%
- INC share
- 53.0% → 48.2%
- BJS share
- 12.2% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- — → —