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256. Dewas

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-DEWAS

INC 53.0%won by 10.0%BJS 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 10.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.8% — 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
45,919
Margin
4,575
9.96%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHIRAJSINGH MOHANSINGHIndian National Congress · INC24,33153.0%
  2. 2M. SINGH RAGHUNATHSINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,75643.0%
  3. 3RAMBABOO RANGILALHMS · HMS1,4163.1%
  4. 4SADASHIV TAILORSOP · SOP4160.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−2.3%
INC share
48.5% → 53.0%
BJS share
36.3% → 43.0%
Turnout
— → —
255. Sawer257. Sonkatch
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