Constituency
209. Betul
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BETUL
INC 65.5%won by 31.0%BJS 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 31.0%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 41.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,34,493
Turnout
41.1%
Valid votes
2,19,745
Margin
68,091
30.99%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1NARENDRA KUMA SALVEIndian National Congress · INC1,43,91865.5%
- 2VASANT KUMAR PANDITBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS75,82734.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +24.8%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 65.5%
- BJS share
- 39.6% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- 44.4% → 41.1%