Constituency
154. Dantewara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-DANTEWARA
JNP 42.0%won by 14.4%CPI 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 14.4%.
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 42.0% of the vote here (+42.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 78.8% — 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
17,179
Margin
2,479
14.43%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1SUKULDHAR BHAWANIJanata Party · JNP7,21642.0%
- 2SONARAM SOREECommunist Party of India · CPI4,73727.6%
- 3PAIKO JOGAIndian National Congress · INC3,57520.8%
- 4LACHHU MOOKAIndependent · IND1,1936.9%
- 5SAMAROO SUKHDEOIndependent · IND4582.7%
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–CPI swing
- +14.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —