Constituency
240. Durg
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DURG
BLD 52.9%won by 15.3%INC 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 15.3%.
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 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.8% to 55.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,02,735
Turnout
55.8%
Valid votes
3,36,251
Margin
51,575
15.34%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BLD- 1MOHAN BHAIYABLD · BLD1,77,92252.9%
- 2CHANDOOLAL CHANDRAKARIndian National Congress · INC1,26,34737.6%
- 3P. K. MAHESHKARIndependent · IND12,4093.7%
- 4SAMBAL CHAKRAVARTICommunist Party of India · CPI8,2262.4%
- 5RAMYAGYAIndependent · IND4,5311.3%
- 6RAMSINGH KURREIndependent · IND3,6151.1%
- 7AELTEMESH M. M. REINIndependent · IND3,2011.0%
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
- +82.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 52.9%
- INC share
- 67.4% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- 43.0% → 55.8%