Constituency
117. Bilha
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-BILHA
INC 54.3%won by 21.3%JNP 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 21.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
33,630
Margin
7,149
21.26%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1CHITRA KANT JAISWALIndian National Congress · INC18,26154.3%
- 2BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD GAURAHAJanata Party · JNP11,11233.0%
- 3PURSHOTTAMIndependent · IND2,5347.5%
- 4ISHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,1853.5%
- 5VYASHARAYANIndependent · IND5381.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −20.1%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 54.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —