Constituency
268. Maheshwar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-MAHESHWAR
INC 63.3%won by 26.5%BJS 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.1% to 26.5%.
- 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
41,022
Margin
10,880
26.52%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM SADHURAMIndian National Congress · INC25,95163.3%
- 2BHANWARLAL GOKHALEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,07136.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +15.5%
- INC share
- 55.5% → 63.3%
- BJS share
- 44.5% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- — → —