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236. Rajgarh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-RAJGARH

INC 36.9%won by 8.2%IND 28.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 8.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.6% of the vote between them, up from 52.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
26,043
Margin
2,127
8.17%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GULAB SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,61136.9%
  2. 2VIJAY SINGHIndependent · IND7,48428.7%
  3. 3GULAB CHAND VIJAYAVARGIYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,64821.7%
  4. 4RAM SINGH SANKLAIndependent · IND1,2634.8%
  5. 5NAVAL KISHORE SHARMASwatantra Party · SWA1,2494.8%
  6. 6BAPOOLAL CHAUHANIndependent · IND6602.5%
  7. 7K. HEMANT SINGH RAJPUTIndependent · IND1280.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−8.5%
INC share
30.6% → 36.9%
IND share
13.9% → 28.7%
Turnout
— → —
235. Sarangpur237. Khilchipur
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