Constituency
140. Mahasamund
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-MAHASAMUND
INC 47.8%won by 13.5%JNPSC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.3% to 47.8% of the vote here (+19.5%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.1% of the vote between them, up from 75.9% — 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
38,260
Margin
5,175
13.53%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1MAKSUDANLALIndian National Congress · INC18,30247.8%
- 2LALIT KUMARJNPSC · JNPSC13,12734.3%
- 3THITAE VAKILJNPSR · JNPSR2,6617.0%
- 4GAJENDRA TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3176.1%
- 5RAMRATANIndependent · IND8062.1%
- 6BALAK BHAGWANINCU · INCU3661.0%
- 7GUNIDHILAL AGARWALIndependent · IND3150.8%
- 8TIKAMCHANDIndependent · IND2570.7%
- 9KHEDUPRASAD PODDARJanata Party · JNP1090.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −14.8%
- INC share
- 28.3% → 47.8%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —