Constituency
296. Rajpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
MP-RAJPUR
INC 47.2%won by 9.3%BJP 37.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.3%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 96.2% — 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
33,870
Margin
3,160
9.33%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BARKUBHAI CHOUHANIndian National Congress · INC15,98847.2%
- 2MAYABHAI SISODIYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,82837.9%
- 3CHAMAR SINGH TOTYACommunist Party of India · CPI3,1409.3%
- 4FAKIRA BUDHAIndependent · IND1,9145.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −35.8%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 47.2%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 37.9%
- Turnout
- — → —