Constituency
217. Damua
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-DAMUA
INC 57.2%won by 22.0%BJP 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.4% to 57.2% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
17,924
Margin
3,950
22.04%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PARASRAM DHURVEIndian National Congress · INC10,25257.2%
- 2YASHWANT SINGH MANDIRSHAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,30235.2%
- 3MAKHANLAL SURJOOJanata Party · JNP1,3707.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −3.4%
- INC share
- 25.4% → 57.2%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —