Constituency
171. Baloda Bazar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-BALODA-BAZAR
INC 52.9%won by 25.6%PSP 27.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 25.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 48.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 34.4% to 30.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,27,546
Turnout
30.1%
Valid votes
1,28,764
Margin
33,006
25.63%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MINIMATAIndian National Congress · INC68,06352.9%
- 2ITWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP35,05727.2%
- 3JODHRAIREP · REP16,33712.7%
- 4HARIRAMJS · JS9,3077.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +19.0%
- INC share
- 26.2% → 52.9%
- PSP share
- 19.6% → 27.2%
- Turnout
- 64.5% → 30.1%