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Constituency

277. Dhar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-DHAR

INC 59.5%won by 24.2%BJS 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+41.6%
INC share
25.4% 59.5%
BJS share
42.8% 35.3%
Turnout