BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1972
1. No. of Seats 296
2. No. of Contestants 1417
3. ELECTORS           
    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors 10489356 10368391 20857747
ii. No. of Voters 6927060 4600697 11527757
iii. Polling Percentage     55.26%
4. No. of Valid Votes 10890513
5. Votes Rejected 637244 (5.52%)
6. No. of Polling Stations
7. Average No.of Electors per Polling Station
  Performance of Parties      
PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
INC 289 220 47.93
NCO 23 0 0.29
SWANTANTRA 23 0 0.55
BHARATIYA JANA SANGH 261 48 28.68
CPI 5 3 1.03

CPM

4 0 0.04

SOCIALIST PARTY

150 7 6.26
NATIONAL PARTIES 755 278 84.78
RPI 5 0 0.08
BHARTIYA KARNTI DAL 2 0 0.05
       
STATE PARTIES TOTAL 9 0 0.16
UN REC PARTIES 14 0 0.39
INDEPENDENTS 639 18 14.67
TOTAL 1417 296 100.00

 

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