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108. Katghora

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-KATGHORA

INC 51.4%won by 34.5%BJP 16.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.3% to 34.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 16.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 75.3% — 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
36,561
Margin
12,611
34.49%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BODHARAMIndian National Congress · INC18,78251.4%
  2. 2BANSHILALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,17116.9%
  3. 3NARANGLALCommunist Party of India · CPI4,50512.3%
  4. 4MURITRAM SAHOOJNPSC · JNPSC2,1165.8%
  5. 5KAMESHWAR SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,8735.1%
  6. 6KAPOOR DASIndependent · IND8602.4%
  7. 7DILDAR SINGHIndependent · IND6801.9%
  8. 8JALBHARATPRASADIndependent · IND6371.7%
  9. 9PITAMBARLALIndependent · IND4311.2%
  10. 10SHYAM KARTIKIndependent · IND3030.8%
  11. 11VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1110.3%
  12. 12BALARAM SINGHIndependent · IND920.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−5.8%
INC share
40.3% → 51.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 16.9%
Turnout
— → —
107. Rampur109. Tanakhar
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