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204. Chaurai

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-CHAURAI

INC 63.2%won by 35.0%BJS 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.3% to 35.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
23,341
Margin
8,176
35.03%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAXMINARAYAN LALJI PRASADIndian National Congress · INC14,75663.2%
  2. 2CHOUDHARY KUBERSINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,58028.2%
  3. 3B. D. RATHI M. C. RATHISOP · SOP1,0564.5%
  4. 4SHIV PRASAD MUKKUSINGHIndependent · IND5092.2%
  5. 5A. BALDEV PRASADIndependent · IND4401.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−4.3%
INC share
54.2% → 63.2%
BJS share
14.9% → 28.2%
Turnout
— → —
203. Amarwara205. Sausar
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