Constituency
247. Betul
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BETUL
BLD 49.3%won by 12.2%INC 37.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 12.2%.
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 49.3% of the vote here (+49.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 43.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,04,032
Turnout
43.7%
Valid votes
2,20,301
Margin
26,923
12.22%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1SUBHASH CHANDRA AHUJABLD · BLD1,08,66049.3%
- 2NARENDRA KUMAR SALVEIndian National Congress · INC81,73737.1%
- 3DINKARRAO BABULALIndependent · IND11,5875.3%
- 4DESHPANDE VISHYA DHAR LAXMANIndependent · IND9,3044.2%
- 5DHARMENDRA KUMAR HARI DATTIndependent · IND5,1442.3%
- 6ABDUL RAZZAK MOHD. AKBAR SHAHIndependent · IND3,8691.8%
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
- +77.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 49.3%
- INC share
- 65.5% → 37.1%
- Turnout
- 41.1% → 43.7%