Constituency
206. Damoh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-DAMOH
INC 61.2%won by 29.8%NCO 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.6% to 29.8%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 46.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,15,469
Turnout
46.0%
Valid votes
2,37,176
Margin
70,629
29.78%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VARAH GIRI SHANKER GIRIIndian National Congress · INC1,45,12461.2%
- 2VIJAI KUMAR MALAIYANCO · NCO74,49531.4%
- 3RAMDASIndependent · IND17,5577.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 48.2% → 61.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- 54.6% → 46.0%