Constituency
159. Bemetara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-BEMETARA
INC 50.1%won by 4.0%JNP 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 4.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 46.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 56.6% — 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
33,827
Margin
1,341
3.96%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1LAXMAN PRASAD VAIDYAIndian National Congress · INC16,94850.1%
- 2MAHESH TIWARIJanata Party · JNP15,60746.1%
- 3SURENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,2723.8%
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
- −31.5%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 50.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- — → —