Constituency
196. Chhapara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-CHHAPARA
INC 52.0%won by 13.2%IND 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
21,139
Margin
2,800
13.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SATENDRASINGH THAKURIndian National Congress · INC10,98552.0%
- 2THAKUR HIMMATSINGHIndependent · IND8,18538.7%
- 3MULCHANDIndependent · IND1,1935.6%
- 4JHUNNULAL KUROTIAIndependent · IND5392.5%
- 5GAINDLAL MARSKOLEIndependent · IND2371.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −48.3%
- INC share
- 68.3% → 52.0%
- IND share
- 6.7% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —