Election
Constituency

249. Depalpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-DEPALPUR

INC 38.7%won by 0.5%SOP 38.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.1% to 0.5%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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not in source
Valid votes
41,560
Margin
217
0.52%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMCHANDRA AGRAWALIndian National Congress · INC16,09238.7%
  2. 2BAPUSINGH MANDLOISOP · SOP15,87538.2%
  3. 3KANTILAL TANSUKHLALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,80518.8%
  4. 4DILAWAR KHAN CHHOTE KHANIndependent · IND1,5943.8%
  5. 5RAMESHWAR GANPATIndependent · IND1940.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−31.9%
INC share
32.4% → 38.7%
SOP share
0.0% → 38.2%
Turnout
— → —
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