Constituency
186. Gwalior
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-GWALIOR
BJS 59.3%won by 22.1%INC 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.1% to 22.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 56.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,68,108
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
3,18,552
Margin
70,310
22.07%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJS- 1ATALBEHARI VAJPAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,88,99559.3%
- 2GAUTAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,18,68537.3%
- 3BRIJNRAYAN BRAJESHHMS · HMS7,7222.4%
- 4MADANLAL DHARTIPAKADIndependent · IND3,1501.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −26.0%
- BJS share
- 62.7% → 59.3%
- INC share
- 14.6% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- 58.9% → 56.1%