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206. Bohani

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-BOHANI

INC 50.9%won by 21.4%BJP 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 21.4%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.4% of the vote between them, up from 61.2% — 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
35,742
Margin
7,631
21.35%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VINAY SHANKAR SHANKERLALIndian National Congress · INC18,18850.9%
  2. 2SUJAN SINGH JAINARAYAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,55729.5%
  3. 3PURSHOTTAMLALCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1428.8%
  4. 4RAO NETRAJ SINGH RAO SARDAR SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC1,8185.1%
  5. 5SUKRAM KALURAMIndependent · IND1,4564.1%
  6. 6RAMESH LAXMI PRASADIndependent · IND5811.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−11.1%
INC share
32.5% → 50.9%
BJP share
0.0% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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