Constituency
208. Damoh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-DAMOH
INC 48.2%won by 22.6%BJS 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 22.6%.
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 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.9% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.0% to 54.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,82,099
Turnout
54.6%
Valid votes
2,63,448
Margin
59,621
22.63%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1M.J.B. PATELIndian National Congress · INC1,27,11148.2%
- 2W. SHASTRIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS67,49025.6%
- 3L.B.A. RAMDASSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP42,56416.2%
- 4V. KURMIIndependent · IND26,28310.0%
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
- −18.9%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 48.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- 44.6% → 54.6%