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Constituency

229. Kurwai

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-KURWAI

BJS 56.3%won by 12.6%INC 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.6% to 12.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 89.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
51,569
Margin
6,515
12.63%

Candidates

2 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1AWADH NARAYANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,04256.3%
  2. 2TAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,52743.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJSINC swing
−32.0%
BJS share
67.0% 56.3%
INC share
22.4% 43.7%
Turnout