Constituency
137. Saraipali
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-SARAIPALI
INC 49.4%won by 5.1%JNP 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 5.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.6% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — 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
35,171
Margin
1,792
5.10%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MOHANLAL RAMPRASADIndian National Congress · INC17,35849.4%
- 2JAGDISHLAL LAKHESINGHJanata Party · JNP15,56644.3%
- 3GANPATRAM SENIndependent · IND9902.8%
- 4LOKENATH B. PATROIndependent · IND6851.9%
- 5DURGAORASAD LALMANIIndependent · IND5721.6%
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
- −39.6%
- INC share
- 44.7% → 49.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —