Constituency
234. Bilaspur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BILASPUR
BLD 52.2%won by 4.5%INC 47.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 4.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 52.2% of the vote here (+52.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.8% to 52.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,46,085
Turnout
52.6%
Valid votes
2,87,251
Margin
12,827
4.47%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1NIRANJAN PRASAD KESHARWANIBLD · BLD1,50,03952.2%
- 2ASHOK RAOIndian National Congress · INC1,37,21247.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +48.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 52.2%
- INC share
- 44.2% → 47.8%
- Turnout
- 41.8% → 52.6%