Constituency
262. Pandhana
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-PANDHANA
BJS 51.5%won by 5.6%INC 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 5.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 90.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,470
Margin
2,215
5.61%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BJS- 1SAKHARAM DEOKARANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,32651.5%
- 2JAGAIndian National Congress · INC18,11145.9%
- 3SAHIBLAL CHAUDHARYNCO · NCO1,0332.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −20.2%
- BJS share
- 58.3% → 51.5%
- INC share
- 32.6% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- — → —