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203. Balaghat

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BALAGHAT

INC 59.2%won by 40.4%IND 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.1% to 40.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from RPI (RPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.1% to 44.8%.

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

Electorate
4,82,981
Turnout
44.8%
Valid votes
2,16,434
Margin
87,370
40.37%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHINTAMAN RAO GAUTAMIndian National Congress · INC1,28,11159.2%
  2. 2RAMCHARAN BHANWARREIndependent · IND40,74118.8%
  3. 3SHEORAM BISENNCO · NCO23,48110.8%
  4. 4SONSINGH UYAKEIndependent · IND9,0964.2%
  5. 5JAICHAND PRASAD DONGREIndependent · IND6,7753.1%
  6. 6KOMAL CHANDPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,8232.2%
  7. 7SURAJLAL DHUWAREIndependent · IND3,4071.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−3.8%
INC share
50.6% → 59.2%
IND share
6.4% → 18.8%
Turnout
53.0% → 44.8%
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