Constituency
163. Bhilai Nagar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-BHILAI-NAGAR
INC 41.0%won by 17.2%CPM 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.
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
51,153
Margin
8,790
17.18%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1PHOOLCHAND BAPNAIndian National Congress · INC20,96741.0%
- 2P. K. MOITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,17723.8%
- 3VIJAY SINGH GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,15721.8%
- 4BALRAM DUBEJanata Party · JNP4,6449.1%
- 5HARISH CHANDRA RAMRAKERPK · RPK1,2392.4%
- 6MARKANDE DUBEJNPSC · JNPSC7511.5%
- 7DHARAMPALIndependent · IND1900.4%
- 8GULAB SINGHIndependent · IND280.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −21.7%
- INC share
- 38.9% → 41.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —