Constituency
266. Bhikangaon
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-BHIKANGAON
INC 60.6%won by 27.1%BJS 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.9% to 27.1%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
31,381
Margin
8,512
27.12%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RANA BALBAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,01260.6%
- 2HIRALAL YADEVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,50033.5%
- 3NANU TUPHAN NATHULALIndependent · IND1,4024.5%
- 4GOVIND RAO SHANKAR RAOIndependent · IND4671.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +15.2%
- INC share
- 55.9% → 60.6%
- BJS share
- 44.1% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —