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160. Raipur

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1980

RJ-RAIPUR

INC 48.2%won by 15.1%BJP 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 15.1%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.6% — 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
37,964
Margin
5,726
15.08%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKHLAL SENCHAIndian National Congress · INC18,28148.2%
  2. 2HEERA SINGH CHAUHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,55533.1%
  3. 3MOTILAL DEWASIJNPSC · JNPSC3,0348.0%
  4. 4RAJU BHAICommunist Party of India · CPI2,2195.8%
  5. 5MANGILAL NAYAKIndependent · IND1,0592.8%
  6. 6SITARAM SONIIndependent · IND4121.1%
  7. 7TEJA RAM GEHLOTIndependent · IND4041.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−25.1%
INC share
40.2% → 48.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
159. Jaitaran161. Sojat
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