Constituency
168. Dondi Lohara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-DONDI-LOHARA
INC 63.4%won by 33.4%JNP 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.9% to 33.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
41,958
Margin
14,007
33.38%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JHUMMUKLAL BHEDIYAIndian National Congress · INC26,59863.4%
- 2KUNJEELAL BHANDARIJanata Party · JNP12,59130.0%
- 3NATHURAM BHANDARIIndependent · IND2,7696.6%
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
- −16.1%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 63.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —