Constituency
237. Mahasamund
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MAHASAMUND
BLD 59.9%won by 26.2%INC 33.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 26.2%.
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 59.9% of the vote here (+59.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 21.1% to 53.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,67,454
Turnout
53.5%
Valid votes
3,03,809
Margin
79,527
26.18%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1BRIJLAL VERMABLD · BLD1,82,05459.9%
- 2SHRIKRISHNA AGRAWALIndian National Congress · INC1,02,52733.7%
- 3RUPSINGH BULWAIndependent · IND13,8404.6%
- 4GUNNIDHILAL AGRAWALIndependent · IND5,3881.8%
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
- +75.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 59.9%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 33.7%
- Turnout
- 32.5% → 53.5%