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226. Govindpura

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-GOVINDPURA

INC 37.6%won by 11.5%IND 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 11.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Multi-cornered4 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
62,558
Margin
7,182
11.48%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOHANLAL ASTHANAIndian National Congress · INC23,49837.6%
  2. 2DADA BHAUMIKIndependent · IND16,31626.1%
  3. 3BABULAL RAM PRASAD GAURBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,92119.1%
  4. 4ARIF BEG KARAMAT BEGIndependent · IND7,18011.5%
  5. 5C. T. KABADEIndependent · IND7631.2%
  6. 6MOHAMMAD WAHI SIDDIQUISOP · SOP6671.1%
  7. 7SARYU SARANIndependent · IND6521.0%
  8. 8ISSA SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND6281.0%
  9. 9SYED IQBAL AHMADNCO · NCO6101.0%
  10. 10MUKTESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3230.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−18.0%
INC share
34.5% → 37.6%
IND share
5.1% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → —
225. Bhopal227. Bairagarh
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