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85. Sohagpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-SOHAGPUR

INC 55.6%won by 40.9%BJP 14.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 40.9%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 14.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.3% between them, down from 88.6% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
41,640
Margin
17,043
40.93%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRISHNAPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,16855.6%
  2. 2LALLU SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,12514.7%
  3. 3KOMAL CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI4,45110.7%
  4. 4SHYAMLALIndependent · IND3,8849.3%
  5. 5JUGAL KISHORE GUPTAJNPSC · JNPSC2,2055.3%
  6. 6WAZID ALIIndependent · IND9532.3%
  7. 7MUBASSIR HUSSAINIndependent · IND6791.6%
  8. 8ANIL KANT GUPTAIndependent · IND1750.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−7.8%
INC share
48.7% → 55.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 14.7%
Turnout
— → —
84. Anuppur86. Pushprajgarh
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