Constituency
71. Baikunthpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
MP-BAIKUNTHPUR
INC 74.0%won by 57.6%IND 16.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 69.9% to 57.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,344
Margin
26,121
57.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAMCHANDRA SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC33,53474.0%
- 2JWALA PRASADIndependent · IND7,41316.3%
- 3LAXMICHANDSOP · SOP1,8634.1%
- 4SUBHASHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5383.4%
- 5UDAIBHANIndependent · IND5271.2%
- 6LAL SINGHIndependent · IND4691.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −24.6%
- INC share
- 82.2% → 74.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 16.3%
- Turnout
- — → —