Constituency
140. Mahasamund
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-MAHASAMUND
JNP 47.7%won by 19.4%INC 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.4%.
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 47.7% of the vote here (+47.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 94.0% — 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
34,657
Margin
6,712
19.37%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1MOHD. YAKUB AH. KARIMJanata Party · JNP16,51647.7%
- 2JEEVANLAL PALATURAMIndian National Congress · INC9,80428.3%
- 3THITE VAKILIndependent · IND2,5907.5%
- 4SUKHOURAM BANJAREIndependent · IND2,2156.4%
- 5MAKSUDANLAL THANURAMIndependent · IND1,2133.5%
- 6MANRAKHAN SHIVLALIndependent · IND1,0693.1%
- 7BABULAL CHANARAMIndependent · IND5731.7%
- 8KRUPSHANKAR DIWANIndependent · IND3581.0%
- 9MOHANLAL RAMDAYALIndependent · IND3190.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +53.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 34.4% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —