Constituency
251. Indore I
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-INDORE-I
INC 53.9%won by 21.4%BJS 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.6% to 53.9% of the vote here (+17.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — 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
46,943
Margin
10,026
21.36%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MAHESH JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC25,29853.9%
- 2RAJENDRA DHARKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,27232.5%
- 3RAMNARAIN TIWARIIndependent · IND3,2036.8%
- 4RATAN PATODISOP · SOP2,7605.9%
- 5SHAHZADALI ASGHERALIIndependent · IND4100.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +9.1%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 53.9%
- BJS share
- 24.3% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —