Constituency
178. Lanji
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-LANJI
INC 45.4%won by 6.7%JNP 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.2% between them, down from 93.1% — 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
45,353
Margin
3,025
6.67%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1YASHWANT RAO KHONGALIndian National Congress · INC20,60245.4%
- 2NARBADA PRASADJanata Party · JNP17,57738.8%
- 3SHYAMLAL UMAREIndependent · IND4,4619.8%
- 4S.R. SIHAREIndependent · IND1,7783.9%
- 5CHANDRABHANSINGHIndependent · IND5511.2%
- 6HARIKRISHAN DAHEEKARIndependent · IND3840.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −38.8%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 45.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- — → —