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200. Chhindwara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-CHHINDWARA

INC 68.1%won by 48.3%BJS 19.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 48.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
29,545
Margin
14,279
48.33%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGDISH PRASAD CHANDRAKARIndian National Congress · INC20,12968.1%
  2. 2ROOP CHANDRARAI N RAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,85019.8%
  3. 3RAMAKANT K. HALDULKALFBL · FBL2,6569.0%
  4. 4GANESH PRASAD B. PRASADIndependent · IND4981.7%
  5. 5LAXMIPRASAD P. PRASADIndependent · IND4121.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+33.3%
INC share
47.5% → 68.1%
BJS share
32.5% → 19.8%
Turnout
— → —
199. Seoni201. Parasia
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