Constituency
219. Khandwa
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KHANDWA
INC 43.1%won by 0.6%BJS 42.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 0.6%.
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 42.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 58.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,96,852
Turnout
58.4%
Valid votes
2,90,372
Margin
1,698
0.58%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1G. DIKSHITIndian National Congress · INC1,25,23643.1%
- 2M. BHATTBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,23,53842.5%
- 3H. RAHMANPraja Socialist Party · PSP41,59814.3%
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
- −45.5%
- INC share
- 46.1% → 43.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- 51.1% → 58.4%