Constituency
194. Jabalpur Cantonment
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-JABALPUR-CANTONMENT
INC 55.7%won by 27.3%BJP 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 27.3%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
27,655
Margin
7,563
27.35%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DINESH CHANDIndian National Congress · INC15,41555.7%
- 2S.S. GUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,85228.4%
- 3PURUSHOTAMINCU · INCU2,2338.1%
- 4RAM KUMARJNPSC · JNPSC1,7856.5%
- 5BARELAL KHUSHALIndependent · IND1990.7%
- 6S.S. DUBEJNPSR · JNPSR1710.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −14.2%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 55.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —