Constituency
198. Patan
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-PATAN
INC 64.6%won by 40.8%BJP 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 40.8%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.5% between them, down from 93.6% — 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
29,878
Margin
12,186
40.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GURU BHAGWAT PRASADIndian National Congress · INC19,31264.6%
- 2NARENDER SINGH THAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,12623.9%
- 3LAXMI PRASADIndependent · IND1,2994.3%
- 4SHIV SHANKARJanata Party · JNP1,1954.0%
- 5SARVESH PATELINCU · INCU9463.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −13.5%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 64.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —