Constituency
229. Kurwai
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-KURWAI
BJS 56.3%won by 12.6%INC 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,569
Margin
6,515
12.63%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BJS- 1AWADH NARAYANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,04256.3%
- 2TAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,52743.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −32.0%
- BJS share
- 67.0% → 56.3%
- INC share
- 22.4% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- — → —