Constituency
101. Dharamjaigarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-DHARAMJAIGARH
INC 66.3%won by 35.8%BJP 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 35.8%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 84.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
29,237
Margin
10,472
35.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1CHANESHRAM RATHIYAIndian National Congress · INC19,37366.3%
- 2PREM SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,90130.4%
- 3BAHADUR SINGH RATHIYAIndependent · IND9633.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −12.8%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 66.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —