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116. Bilaspur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-BILASPUR

INC 62.3%won by 29.6%BJP 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 29.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
41,643
Margin
12,316
29.58%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1B. R. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC25,95562.3%
  2. 2PRATAP SINGH KASTURIABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,63932.8%
  3. 3SHOBHA RAMJNPSC · JNPSC1,1252.7%
  4. 4RAM KRISHNA BHARGAVAJNPSR · JNPSR4261.0%
  5. 5SANT RAM TIWARI (RAMAYANI)Independent · IND2570.6%
  6. 6KESHLAL TAMRAKARIndependent · IND2410.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−21.1%
INC share
50.7% → 62.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
115. Takhatpur117. Bilha
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