Constituency
163. Bhilai Nagar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-BHILAI-NAGAR
JNP 53.6%won by 14.7%INC 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 14.7%.
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 53.6% of the vote here (+53.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — 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
50,335
Margin
7,381
14.66%
Candidates
13 contested · winner JNP- 1DINKAR DHAGEJanata Party · JNP26,97553.6%
- 2PHULCHAND BAFNAIndian National Congress · INC19,59438.9%
- 3SATYENDRA SADHUIndependent · IND1,3842.7%
- 4PRAKASH RAMIndependent · IND8601.7%
- 5GOURISHANKARIndependent · IND3710.7%
- 6KAMALUDDIN HAFIZIndependent · IND3300.7%
- 7P. K. MAHESHKARIndependent · IND2430.5%
- 8JAGRAMSINGHIndependent · IND1810.4%
- 9VIJIANIndependent · IND1390.3%
- 10N. P. SHARMAIndependent · IND790.2%
- 11P. K. SEN GUPTAIndependent · IND790.2%
- 12VIDYUT KUMAR SEN GUPTAIndependent · IND570.1%
- 13RAMBAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND430.1%
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
- +70.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.6%
- INC share
- 55.7% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —