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171. Baloda Bazar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BALODA-BAZAR

INC 52.9%won by 25.6%PSP 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
  1. 1MINIMATAIndian National Congress · INC68,06352.9%
  2. 2ITWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP35,05727.2%
  3. 3JODHRAIREP · REP16,33712.7%
  4. 4HARIRAMJS · JS9,3077.2%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
+19.0%
INC share
26.2% 52.9%
PSP share
19.6% 27.2%
Turnout
64.5% 30.1%