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172. Rajnandgaon

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977

MP-RAJNANDGAON

JNP 47.8%won by 15.3%INC 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.3%.

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 47.8% of the vote here (+47.8%).
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
41,219
Margin
6,321
15.34%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1THAKUR DARBAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP19,71147.8%
  2. 2BALBIR KHANUJAIndian National Congress · INC13,39032.5%
  3. 3RAMESH YAGNIKCommunist Party of India · CPI2,7986.8%
  4. 4HARISCHNDRA RISHIIndependent · IND2,0054.9%
  5. 5DPMARSINGH SAHUIndependent · IND1,6404.0%
  6. 6DHANNALAL JAINIndependent · IND4631.1%
  7. 7SHIVKUMAR SHASTRIIndependent · IND4321.0%
  8. 8J.P.L. FRANSISIndependent · IND2950.7%
  9. 9RAMORASAD AGARWALIndependent · IND2770.7%
  10. 10KESHAVSINGH SURYAVANIIndependent · IND1060.3%
  11. 11GOPIRAM SAHUIndependent · IND1020.2%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency 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
+65.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 47.8%
INC share
50.3% → 32.5%
Turnout
— → —
171. Dongargaon173. Dongargarh
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