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In '''June 1972 a by-election was held in for the Gird seat''' of the [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The by-election was called after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]. | In '''June 1972 a by-election was held in for the Gird seat''' of the [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The by-election was called after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]. | ||
Scindia, once the [[Rajmata]] of [[Gwalior]], had won both the Gird Legislative Assembly seat as well the [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind seat]] of the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1971 Indian general election|1971 general election]] by impressive margins, standing for the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (BJS).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718000000/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |date=July 18, 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="mp1972">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisReport_MP_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/> In the March 1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in Gird she defeated the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Ghuraiya Sarnamsingh with a margin of over 12,000 votes.<ref name="mp1972"/> After the elections she had to choose between the two posts, and decided to retain her Lok Sabha seat and resigned from the Gird Legislative Assembly seat.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999">{{cite book|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&pg=PA251|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-024602-5|page=251}}</ref> At the time Gird was seen as a [[Scindia]]-BJS stronghold.<ref name="a"/><ref name="link"/> | Scindia, once the [[Rajmata]] of [[Gwalior]], had won both the Gird Legislative Assembly seat as well the [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind seat]] of the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1971 Indian general election|1971 general election]] by impressive margins, standing for the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (BJS).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718000000/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |date=July 18, 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="mp1972">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisReport_MP_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/> In the March [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] in Gird she defeated the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Ghuraiya Sarnamsingh with a margin of over 12,000 votes.<ref name="mp1972"/> After the elections she had to choose between the two posts, and decided to retain her Lok Sabha seat and resigned from the Gird Legislative Assembly seat.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999">{{cite book|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&pg=PA251|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-024602-5|page=251}}</ref> At the time Gird was seen as a [[Scindia]]-BJS stronghold.<ref name="a"/><ref name="link"/> | ||
The main contenders of the by-election were [[Mahesh Dutta Mishra (Gird politician)|Maheshdutta Mishra]] and [[Balkrishna Sharma (CPI politician)|Balkrishna Sharma]].<ref name="link">{{cite book|title=Link: Indian Newsmagazine, Vol. 14, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rcxAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|page=28}}</ref><ref name="e"/> Mishra was the candidate put forth by Scindia and represented the BJS.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/><ref name="link"/> Scindia and other prominent BJS personalities conducted speaking tours across the vast constituency to support Mishra's candidacy, at least 50 jeeps were used the purpose.<ref name="link"/> Sharma was a [[Communist Party of India]] leader with 35 years experience in working with the peasant movement in the area.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/><ref name="link"/><ref name="e"/> The Indian National Congress had declared its support for Sharma's candidature, but local Congress leaders in Gwalior offered little support for him.<ref name="a"/><ref name="link"/> | The main contenders of the by-election were [[Mahesh Dutta Mishra (Gird politician)|Maheshdutta Mishra]] and [[Balkrishna Sharma (CPI politician)|Balkrishna Sharma]].<ref name="link">{{cite book|title=Link: Indian Newsmagazine, Vol. 14, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rcxAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|page=28}}</ref><ref name="e"/> Mishra was the candidate put forth by Scindia and represented the BJS.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/><ref name="link"/> Scindia and other prominent BJS personalities conducted speaking tours across the vast constituency to support Mishra's candidacy, at least 50 jeeps were used the purpose.<ref name="link"/> Sharma was a [[Communist Party of India]] leader with 35 years experience in working with the peasant movement in the area.<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/><ref name="link"/><ref name="e"/> The Indian National Congress had declared its support for Sharma's candidature, but local Congress leaders in Gwalior offered little support for him.<ref name="a"/><ref name="link"/> | ||