Election
Constituency

213. Seoni

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-SEONI

INC 44.6%won by 3.3%BJP 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.8% to 3.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — 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
34,441
Margin
1,138
3.30%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABDUL REHMAN FARUQUIIndian National Congress · INC15,37544.6%
  2. 2KIRAT SINGH BAGHELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,23741.3%
  3. 3BIPATLAL SARYAMIndependent · IND2,3066.7%
  4. 4THAKURDAS ALIAS DHABBU BHAIIndependent · IND1,9495.7%
  5. 5MAHADEO GIRI BABAJIIndependent · IND4601.3%
  6. 6HAZARILAL HEDAUIndependent · IND1140.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−36.3%
INC share
39.6% → 44.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 41.3%
Turnout
— → —
212. Barghat214. Jamai
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