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175. Birendranagar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-BIRENDRANAGAR

INC 50.1%won by 30.5%BJP 19.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 30.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered6 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
35,889
Margin
10,956
30.53%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BALRAM SINGH BAISIndian National Congress · INC17,99250.1%
  2. 2THAKUR DARBAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,03619.6%
  3. 3LAL KAPTAN LAL PULASTYARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3,76710.5%
  4. 4NASIB SINGHIndependent · IND2,3206.5%
  5. 5RAJ VALLABH DWIVEDIIndependent · IND2,0155.6%
  6. 6BALRAM TIWARIIndependent · IND1,8605.2%
  7. 7SHEIKH ISMAILIndependent · IND8992.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−7.8%
INC share
38.3% → 50.1%
BJP share
0.0% → 19.6%
Turnout
— → —
174. Khairagarh176. Kawardha
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