Constituency
264. Shahpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-SHAHPUR
INC 54.3%won by 12.3%BJS 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.6% to 12.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — 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
52,784
Margin
6,517
12.35%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SHIVKUMARSINGH NAWALSINGHIndian National Congress · INC28,66654.3%
- 2PARMANAND THAKURDASSBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS22,14942.0%
- 3JAWAHARLALNCO · NCO1,9693.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −24.3%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 54.3%
- BJS share
- 16.8% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- — → —