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199. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KANKER

INC 51.9%won by 3.9%BJS 48.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.5% to 51.9% of the vote here (+14.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.4% to 39.6%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,83,374
Turnout
39.6%
Valid votes
1,91,545
Margin
7,443
3.89%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+5.4%
INC share
37.5% 51.9%
BJS share
39.0% 48.1%
Turnout
49.0% 39.6%