Constituency
23. Datia
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-DATIA
INC 32.1%won by 0.2%JNP 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.2% to 32.1% of the vote here (−4.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.9% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,454
Margin
88
0.21%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHYAM SUNDERIndian National Congress · INC13,61432.1%
- 2HARIHAR NIWASJanata Party · JNP13,52631.9%
- 3SHAMBHU DAYALIndependent · IND6,40615.1%
- 4GULAB CHANDIndependent · IND4,75111.2%
- 5CHANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND2,0034.7%
- 6SURYADEOIndependent · IND1,2282.9%
- 7MOOL CHANDIndependent · IND6791.6%
- 8PREMNARAINIndependent · IND2470.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −36.0%
- INC share
- 36.2% → 32.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —