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201. Durg

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DURG

INC 67.4%won by 50.0%NCO 17.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.0% to 50.0%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 17.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.5% to 43.0%.

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

Electorate
5,63,344
Turnout
43.0%
Valid votes
2,41,960
Margin
1,21,007
50.01%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDOOLAL CHANDRAKARIndian National Congress · INC1,63,19567.4%
  2. 2MOHANLAL BAKLIWALNCO · NCO42,18817.4%
  3. 3BRIJBHUSHANLAL AGRAWALIndependent · IND13,9825.8%
  4. 4PYARA SINGHRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP9,6574.0%
  5. 5MAMDAS SANGSURTANIndependent · IND9,2243.8%
  6. 6MOHAMMAD KARIMIndependent · IND3,7141.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+8.8%
INC share
41.2% → 67.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 17.4%
Turnout
49.5% → 43.0%
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