Election
Constituency

205. Jabalpur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-JABALPUR

INC 70.1%won by 46.4%BJS 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.8% to 46.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 17.4% to 38.3%.

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

Electorate
5,18,961
Turnout
38.3%
Valid votes
1,98,742
Margin
92,121
46.35%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOVIND DASIndian National Congress · INC1,39,37070.1%
  2. 2BABOORAO PARANJPEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS47,24923.8%
  3. 3DESHASINGH BHAKNAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,5503.8%
  4. 4MAHADEO PRASAD MISHRA ALIAS MIMSHIIndependent · IND4,5732.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+22.5%
INC share
51.3% → 70.1%
BJS share
27.5% → 23.8%
Turnout
55.7% → 38.3%
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