Constituency
138. Basna
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-BASNA
INC 42.4%won by 13.7%JNP 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 13.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- 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
25,983
Margin
3,557
13.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH LAL BAHADURIndian National Congress · INC11,00542.4%
- 2VISHNU SHARAN BHARAT DASJanata Party · JNP7,44828.7%
- 3PUNEETRAM DAYARAMIndependent · IND5,18019.9%
- 4ANANT KUMAR RANJEET KUMARIndependent · IND1,2844.9%
- 5NAREHCHAND SAGARCHANDIndependent · IND8023.1%
- 6BIRSINGH DHANAOOIndependent · IND2641.0%
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–JNP swing
- −29.5%
- INC share
- 43.2% → 42.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —