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172. Rajnandgaon

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-RAJNANDGAON

IND 53.9%won by 25.5%INC 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 25.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 4.9% to 53.9% of the vote here (+49.1%).
  • Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
42,994
Margin
10,942
25.45%

Candidates

7 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KISHORILAL SHUKLAIndependent · IND23,19553.9%
  2. 2PASHA VAKILIndian National Congress · INC12,25328.5%
  3. 3SHYAM SUNDAR JAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,94911.5%
  4. 4BHAGWATI BABUJanata Party · JNP1,2622.9%
  5. 5RAJESH RAMESHWAR NAGWANSHIJNPSC · JNPSC7351.7%
  6. 6DAU CHANDRA BHUSHAN DASJNPSR · JNPSR3650.8%
  7. 7NARESH SHROTIIndependent · IND2350.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+53.1%
IND share
4.9% → 53.9%
INC share
32.5% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
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