Constituency
223. Hoshangabad
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
MP-HOSHANGABAD
JNP 53.6%won by 31.7%INC 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.7%.
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%).
- Safe seatJanata Party 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
42,190
Margin
13,370
31.69%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMESH BARGALEJanata Party · JNP22,61653.6%
- 2SUSHILA DIKSHITIndian National Congress · INC9,24621.9%
- 3GOBINDSINGHIndependent · IND6,67615.8%
- 4HEERALAL LAXMICHANDRAIndependent · IND2,0644.9%
- 5PRATISHCHANDRA DUTTACommunist Party of India · CPI1,5883.8%
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
- +73.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.6%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —