Constituency
195. Surguja
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SURGUJA
INC 41.7%won by 6.9%BJS 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.6% to 6.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.5% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 34.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,39,322
Turnout
34.6%
Valid votes
1,52,033
Margin
10,427
6.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1B. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC63,38541.7%
- 2S. RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS52,95834.8%
- 3B. SINGHRPI · RPI15,0039.9%
- 4S. SAISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP10,8847.2%
- 5C. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,8036.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −29.1%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 41.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 28.2% → 34.6%