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285. Petlawad

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-PETLAWAD

INC 43.3%won by 12.7%SOP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.5% to 12.7%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
25,944
Margin
3,282
12.65%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DILEEP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,22343.3%
  2. 2PRATAP SINGHSOP · SOP7,94130.6%
  3. 3SATYA VEERBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,82122.4%
  4. 4CHHITU BHAIIndependent · IND9593.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−25.8%
INC share
38.5% → 43.3%
SOP share
0.0% → 30.6%
Turnout
— → —
284. Thandla286. Sailana
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