Constituency
147. Kanker
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-KANKER
JNP 58.8%won by 31.8%INC 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.8%.
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 58.8% of the vote here (+58.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 61.7% — 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
20,562
Margin
6,538
31.80%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1HARISHANKAR RAMNATHJanata Party · JNP12,09758.8%
- 2ATMARAM DHRUVAIndian National Congress · INC5,55927.0%
- 3PEELARAM RAJURAMIndependent · IND2,90614.1%
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
- +64.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 33.1% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —