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Constituency

166. Shahdol

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SHAHDOL

SOC 39.7%won by 2.7%INC 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to SOC (SOC), which now leads by 2.7%.

  • SOC vote shareSOC went from 0.0% to 39.7% of the vote here (+39.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 44.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 19.7% to 29.3%.

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

Electorate
4,58,324
Turnout
29.3%
Valid votes
1,34,079
Margin
3,667
2.73%

Candidates

4 contested · winner SOC
  1. 1BUDDHU SINGHSOC · SOC53,21839.7%
  2. 2JHALKAN KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC49,55137.0%
  3. 3DHAN SHAHJS · JS21,51516.0%
  4. 4RAM MILANPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,7957.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SOCflipped
SOCINC swing
+25.8%
SOC share
0.0% 39.7%
INC share
23.0% 37.0%
Turnout
49.0% 29.3%