Constituency
204. Mandla
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-MANDLA
INC 47.5%won by 9.6%BJS 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 9.6%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.8% to 23.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,93,013
Turnout
23.1%
Valid votes
1,13,615
Margin
10,903
9.60%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MANGRU UIKEYIndian National Congress · INC54,02147.5%
- 2SHYAMLALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS43,11838.0%
- 3DHOKAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,47614.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −16.0%
- INC share
- 42.7% → 47.5%
- BJS share
- 17.1% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 32.9% → 23.1%