Constituency
197. Keolari
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-KEOLARI
INC 62.8%won by 38.9%BJS 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.2% to 38.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.6% — 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
26,931
Margin
10,468
38.87%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1VIMLA K. P. VERMAIndian National Congress · INC16,90862.8%
- 2D. YOGENDRANATH SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,44023.9%
- 3BAJRU BHOIIndependent · IND2,68310.0%
- 4JAGRAM SINGHIndependent · IND9003.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +9.8%
- INC share
- 49.4% → 62.8%
- BJS share
- 20.4% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —