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197. Jabalpur West

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-JABALPUR-WEST

INC 58.1%won by 23.1%BJP 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.5% to 23.1%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
32,785
Margin
7,587
23.14%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC19,03958.1%
  2. 2ONKAR PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,45234.9%
  3. 3ANIL SHARMAJNPSC · JNPSC1,4204.3%
  4. 4GOPALIndependent · IND4001.2%
  5. 5BALDEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP1660.5%
  6. 6RAMA KANTJNPSR · JNPSR1200.4%
  7. 7VIJAI KUMARIndependent · IND1030.3%
  8. 8RAJBHAN SINGHIndependent · IND610.2%
  9. 9J. N. SETHIndependent · IND240.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−15.0%
INC share
38.1% → 58.1%
BJP share
0.0% → 34.9%
Turnout
— → —
196. Jabalpur Central198. Patan
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