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177. Balaghat

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BALAGHAT

PSP 39.8%won by 1.6%INC 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • PSP vote sharePSP went from 19.8% to 39.8% of the vote here (+20.0%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 42.2%.

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

Electorate
4,15,891
Turnout
42.2%
Valid votes
1,75,366
Margin
2,892
1.65%

Candidates

4 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1BHOLARAM RAMAJIPraja Socialist Party · PSP69,78639.8%
  2. 2SHANKARLAL RAJARAM TIWARIIndian National Congress · INC66,89438.1%
  3. 3MUNNALAL DHIWRUJIREP · REP22,86513.0%
  4. 4FADALRAM DEWAJIIndependent · IND15,8219.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
PSPflipped
PSP–INC swing
+36.5%
PSP share
19.8% → 39.8%
INC share
54.6% → 38.1%
Turnout
48.1% → 42.2%
176. Durg178. Mandla
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