Constituency
199. Kanker
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KANKER
INC 51.9%won by 3.9%BJS 48.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ARVIND VISHRAMSINGHIndian National Congress · INC99,49451.9%
- 2BRIJLALSINGH BARSAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS92,05148.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +5.4%
- INC share
- 37.5% → 51.9%
- BJS share
- 39.0% → 48.1%
- Turnout
- 49.0% → 39.6%