Constituency
59. Maihar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-MAIHAR
JNP 53.7%won by 29.9%INC 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 29.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 53.7% of the vote here (+53.7%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
48,470
Margin
14,480
29.87%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1NARAYAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP26,03653.7%
- 2LALJI PATELIndian National Congress · INC11,55623.8%
- 3MOHMAD SARVARIndependent · IND4,4269.1%
- 4RAMA SHANKARIndependent · IND2,0324.2%
- 5RAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,1852.4%
- 6LAL CHAND SHEKHARIndependent · IND8461.7%
- 7RAMADHARIndependent · IND8431.7%
- 8SHIV NARAYANIndependent · IND7021.4%
- 9SHYAM LALIndependent · IND5101.1%
- 10KESHAV PRASADIndependent · IND1910.4%
- 11SHRIPAT KALAKARIndependent · IND1430.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +69.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.7%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —