Constituency
145. Dhamtari
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-DHAMTARI
JNP 53.9%won by 9.8%INC 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 9.8%.
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 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.1% — 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
52,660
Margin
5,179
9.83%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1PANDHRIRAO KHUSHALRAOJanata Party · JNP28,36253.9%
- 2KESHRIMAL BUDHMALIndian National Congress · INC23,18344.0%
- 3MANIK BABUIndependent · IND8531.6%
- 4HIRJI HANSRAJIndependent · IND2620.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +55.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 46.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —