Constituency
215. Indore
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-INDORE
INC 45.0%won by 15.0%BJS 29.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.1% to 15.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 56.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,40,530
Turnout
56.2%
Valid votes
3,03,695
Margin
45,698
15.05%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PRAKASH CHANDRA SETHIIndian National Congress · INC1,36,53445.0%
- 2SATYA BHAN SINGHALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS90,83629.9%
- 3HOMI F. DAJICommunist Party of India · CPI64,43021.2%
- 4MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN KHOKARIndependent · IND4,1161.4%
- 5RAM BABU SHARMAHMS · HMS3,4571.1%
- 6PHUNDILAL JATIndependent · IND2,3630.8%
- 7KANHAIYALAL KHADIWALANCO · NCO1,9590.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −6.6%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 45.0%
- BJS share
- 21.9% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- 61.8% → 56.2%