Election
Constituency

228. Berasia

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-BERASIA

BJS 50.6%won by 9.8%INC 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.7% to 9.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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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Valid votes
34,791
Margin
3,417
9.82%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1GAURI SHANKAR KAUSHALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,60050.6%
  2. 2VISHNU NARAIN CHATURBHUJIndian National Congress · INC14,18340.8%
  3. 3SUNDER LALIndependent · IND1,2823.7%
  4. 4DEVI SINGH HALKU SINGHIndependent · IND1,2243.5%
  5. 5B. CHATURVEDI GOPALDASNCO · NCO5021.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
−24.9%
BJS share
62.5% → 50.6%
INC share
27.8% → 40.8%
Turnout
— → —
227. Bairagarh229. Kurwai
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