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132. Bhatapara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-BHATAPARA

INC 48.0%won by 18.6%BJP 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 18.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — a tighter two-way 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
37,786
Margin
7,037
18.62%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGDISH PRASAD AGGARWALIndian National Congress · INC18,13748.0%
  2. 2DUKALHARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,10029.4%
  3. 3GAJADHAR PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI5,32414.1%
  4. 4SATYANARAYANJNPSC · JNPSC1,6304.3%
  5. 5DINESHINCU · INCU1,2473.3%
  6. 6KUNWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3480.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−17.3%
INC share
35.9% → 48.0%
BJP share
0.0% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
131. Dharsiwa133. Baloda Bazar
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