Constituency
96. Sitapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-SITAPUR
INC 54.1%won by 36.8%IND 17.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 36.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
24,461
Margin
9,003
36.81%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SUKHI RAMIndian National Congress · INC13,23154.1%
- 2BHUBANESWAR NATHIndependent · IND4,22817.3%
- 3PREMSAI BHAGATIndependent · IND3,82015.6%
- 4SHILWANUS LAKRAJanata Party · JNP3,18213.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +9.8%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 54.1%
- IND share
- 16.2% → 17.3%
- Turnout
- — → —