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Constituency

196. Chhapara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-CHHAPARA

INC 52.0%won by 13.2%IND 38.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.6% to 13.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 85.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,139
Margin
2,800
13.25%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−48.3%
INC share
68.3% 52.0%
IND share
6.7% 38.7%
Turnout