Constituency
238. Shujalpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-SHUJALPUR
INC 53.6%won by 14.3%BJS 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.0% to 53.6% of the vote here (+19.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — 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
48,246
Margin
6,912
14.33%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESHWAR DAYAL SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC25,85453.6%
- 2ANAND KUMAR JAINBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS18,94239.3%
- 3HIRALAL BAPHNASOP · SOP2,2304.6%
- 4HARINARAYANIndependent · IND1,2202.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +15.7%
- INC share
- 34.0% → 53.6%
- BJS share
- 35.4% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —