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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 174

KatangiAssembly by-election result, 1970

S.P.Misra (NCJ) won Katangi in the 1970 assembly by-election with 39.5% of the vote, beating D.Kumar (BJS) by 2,481 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1967 election. In 1962, seat no. 174 was Bahoriband. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1972. From 1977, seat no. 174 is Khairagarh. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

S.P.MISRA
NCJ
NCJ 39.5%BJS 31.0%4 others 29.5%
Votes
11,533
39.5% share
Winning margin
2,481
8.5% of votes
Candidates
6

A clear win with a 8.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
S.P.MISRA
NCJ
NCJ
11,53339.5%
2
D.KUMAR
9,05231.0%
3
T.PRASAD
IND
IND
5,46418.7%
4
R.R.MISRA
NCN
NCN
1,5585.3%
5
S.SUNDAR
IND
IND
1,0833.7%
6
A.PRASD
IND
IND
5221.8%

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A clear win, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
8.5%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 89% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.43

How did the vote split?

SEAT
39.5%won by NCJ
NCJ 39.5%BJS 31.0%IND 18.7%NCN 5.3%Others 5.5%

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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Who has won Katangi, 1967–1972

  1. 1967D. P. MISRA (INC), margin 40.3%
  2. 1972SATENDRAPRASAD MISHRA (INC), margin 26.3%