Constituency
191. Shahdol
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SHAHDOL
IND 76.1%won by 58.6%INC 17.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 58.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 6.8% to 76.1% of the vote here (+69.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 33.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,02,886
Turnout
33.1%
Valid votes
1,66,321
Margin
97,444
58.59%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1DHAN SHAHIndependent · IND1,26,60976.1%
- 2GIRJA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC29,16517.5%
- 3KUNDAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,9692.4%
- 4SHANKER SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,4912.1%
- 5BUDDHA SINGH UTAIYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,0871.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +117.6%
- IND share
- 6.8% → 76.1%
- INC share
- 65.8% → 17.5%
- Turnout
- 37.7% → 33.1%