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237. Khilchipur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-KHILCHIPUR

INC 48.7%won by 11.6%BJS 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 11.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.8% of the vote between them, up from 51.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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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Valid votes
32,521
Margin
3,761
11.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRABHU DAYAL CHOUBEIndian National Congress · INC15,82648.7%
  2. 2NARAIN SINGH PAWARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,06537.1%
  3. 3RAM LAL CHUNNI LALIndependent · IND2,2096.8%
  4. 4K. PURSHOTTAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,4364.4%
  5. 5BALKRISHNA KHANDELWALSwatantra Party · SWA5841.8%
  6. 6JAGANNATH SINGH TOMARIndependent · IND4011.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−13.2%
INC share
38.1% → 48.7%
BJS share
13.4% → 37.1%
Turnout
— → —
236. Rajgarh238. Shujalpur
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