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Constituency

200. Bastar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BASTAR

IND 21.1%won by 3.7%IND 17.3%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 3.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 38.4% between them, down from 46.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 41.8%.

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

Electorate
4,79,049
Turnout
41.8%
Valid votes
2,00,216
Margin
7,494
3.74%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDIND swing
0.0%
IND share
27.8% 21.1%
IND share
27.8% 21.1%
Turnout
45.2% 41.8%