Constituency
277. Dhar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-DHAR
INC 59.5%won by 24.2%BJS 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.4% to 59.5% of the vote here (+34.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
35,825
Margin
8,665
24.19%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SURENDRASINGH GANGASINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,32059.5%
- 2KESRIMAL SENAPATIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,65535.3%
- 3F. MOHAMAD BASHIR MD.Independent · IND1,8505.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +41.6%
- INC share
- 25.4% → 59.5%
- BJS share
- 42.8% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- — → —