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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1967
Shujalpur
Winner — 1967
VEERCHAND
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 35.4%INC 34.0%3 others 30.5%
Votes
14,056
35.4% share
Winning margin
553
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
60.3%
of 65,820
Shujalpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 553 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VEERCHAND | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 14,056 | 35.4% |
| 2 | VISHNUCHARAN | INC | 13,503 | 34.0% |
| 3 | RAMNARAYAN | Samyukta Socialist Party | 10,337 | 26.1% |
| 4 | RAMKISHEN | IND | 1,238 | 3.1% |
| 5 | S. LAL | IND | 538 | 1.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 19.8% · min 1.4% · max 46.3%
How contested is turnout?
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52%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.09
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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296 seats · 149 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 35.4%INC 34.0%SSP 26.1%OTH 4.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED