Jabalpur WestAssembly by-election result, 1970
Sawaimal (NCJ) won Jabalpur West in the 1970 assembly by-election with 47.8% of the vote, beating B.Vajpaye (BJS) by 3,314 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1967 election. In 1962, seat no. 171 was Badwara. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1972. From 1977, seat no. 171 is Dongargaon. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 9.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAWAIMAL NCJ | NCJ | 16,66647.7% |
| 2 | B.VAJPAYE | 13,35238.3% | |
| 3 | K.L.DUBE | 2,3566.7% | |
| 4 | G.P.TIWARI IND | IND | 8002.3% |
| 5 | M.HANIF IND | IND | 3981.1% |
| 6 | S.CHANDRA IND | IND | 3561.0% |
| 7 | B.D.JAIN | 3551.0% | |
| 8 | K.LAL IND | IND | 2960.8% |
| 9 | JAINARAIN IND | IND | 1650.5% |
| 10 | UMAREDARAJ IND | IND | 1040.3% |
| 11 | P.OJHA IND | IND | 580.2% |
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A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
NCJ, BJS and PSP took 93% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.63 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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