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202. Rajnandgaon

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-RAJNANDGAON

INC 61.8%won by 38.9%NCO 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.6% to 38.9%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.7% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,40,124
Turnout
47.1%
Valid votes
2,54,578
Margin
98,970
38.88%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMSAHAI PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC1,57,25661.8%
  2. 2PADMAWATI DEVINCO · NCO58,28622.9%
  3. 3PRAKASH ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI16,7486.6%
  4. 4LOKNATHIndependent · IND10,9604.3%
  5. 5HARISHCHANDRA RISHIIndependent · IND5,9662.3%
  6. 6VIDHYABHUSHAN THAKURCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,3622.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−14.1%
INC share
53.0% → 61.8%
NCO share
0.0% → 22.9%
Turnout
48.8% → 47.1%
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