Constituency

239. Bastar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977

IN-BASTAR

BLD 53.5%won by 26.5%INC 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 26.5%.

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 53.5% of the vote here (+53.5%).
New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.4% of the vote between them, up from 38.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 38.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

4,95,505

Turnout

38.1%

Valid votes

1,88,889

Margin

50,054

26.50%

4 contested · winner BLD

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.