Constituency
83. Kotma
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-KOTMA
JNP 53.1%won by 37.8%INC 15.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.8%.
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 53.1% of the vote here (+53.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 84.1% — 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
19,289
Margin
7,290
37.79%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1BABULAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP10,23653.1%
- 2GIRJA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC2,94615.3%
- 3BHAGIRATHIIndependent · IND1,6678.6%
- 4NIRMAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,4117.3%
- 5KAMOL SINGHIndependent · IND1,2596.5%
- 6BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND1,0855.6%
- 7RAMADHIN SINGHIndependent · IND3741.9%
- 8SAHEDEOIndependent · IND3111.6%
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
- +101.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.1%
- INC share
- 63.5% → 15.3%
- Turnout
- — → —