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287. Ratlam

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

MP-RATLAM

INC 50.8%won by 7.0%BJS 43.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.7% to 7.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way 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
55,861
Margin
3,924
7.02%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AKBARALI ARIFIndian National Congress · INC28,36850.8%
  2. 2LOKENDRASINGH SISODIABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS24,44443.8%
  3. 3MOTILAL JOSHISwatantra Party · SWA1,1522.1%
  4. 4KOMALSINGH RATHORASOP · SOP9681.7%
  5. 5RAMNARAYAN SHASTRIIndependent · IND5391.0%
  6. 6MOTILAL SHARMAIndependent · IND3900.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−6.7%
INC share
45.0% → 50.8%
BJS share
31.3% → 43.8%
Turnout
— → —
286. Sailana288. Jaora
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