Constituency
236. Raipur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAIPUR
BLD 60.8%won by 27.3%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 27.3%.
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 60.8% of the vote here (+60.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 17.6% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,19,086
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
3,06,240
Margin
83,612
27.30%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1PURUSHOTTAM LAL KAUSHIKBLD · BLD1,86,29660.8%
- 2VIDYACHARAN SHUKLAIndian National Congress · INC1,02,68433.5%
- 3BHISHMADEO NAKULIndependent · IND17,2605.6%
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
- +86.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 60.8%
- INC share
- 59.5% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- 41.4% → 59.0%