Constituency
242. Balaghat
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BALAGHAT
RPK 53.9%won by 17.4%INC 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to RPK (RPK), which now leads by 17.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RPK vote shareRPK went from 0.0% to 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 52.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,46,723
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
2,85,743
Margin
49,708
17.40%
Candidates
10 contested · winner RPK- 1KACHARU LAL HEMRAJ JAINRPK · RPK1,53,98053.9%
- 2CHINTAMAN RAO GAUTAMIndian National Congress · INC1,04,27236.5%
- 3RAMCHARAN BHANWAREIndependent · IND8,2762.9%
- 4ZUMMAKLAL KISHORIndependent · IND6,3522.2%
- 5RAM PRASAD UMARE NAMDEOIndependent · IND4,4251.5%
- 6PURAN GANPATIndependent · IND2,6980.9%
- 7AMARSINGH JALANSINGHIndependent · IND1,9210.7%
- 8MOHANLAL SAULAKHEIndependent · IND1,7340.6%
- 9BASANTLAL NAGPUREIndependent · IND1,2760.4%
- 10RAWANLAL DHEDYAIndependent · IND8090.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- RPKflipped
- RPK–INC swing
- +76.6%
- RPK share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 59.2% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- 44.8% → 52.3%