Constituency
199. Merta
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1977
RJ-MERTA
INC 52.3%won by 9.6%JNP 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.7% to 9.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 82.8% — 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
57,045
Margin
5,493
9.63%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAM LALIndian National Congress · INC29,81952.3%
- 2GORDAN SONIJanata Party · JNP24,32642.6%
- 3BHANWAR LALIndependent · IND2,4524.3%
- 4NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND4480.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −41.1%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 52.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- — → —