Constituency
217. Damua
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-DAMUA
JNP 44.8%won by 17.3%IND 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 17.3%.
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 44.8% of the vote here (+44.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
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
18,042
Margin
3,123
17.31%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1MANDIR SAJanata Party · JNP8,09144.8%
- 2PARASRAM DHURVEIndependent · IND4,96827.5%
- 3RAMLAL DHURVEIndian National Congress · INC4,59025.4%
- 4UDALSHAH GULZARSHAH MARSKOLEIndependent · IND3932.2%
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–IND swing
- +27.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.8%
- IND share
- 10.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —