Constituency
255. Dhar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DHAR
BLD 57.7%won by 15.4%INC 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 15.4%.
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 57.7% of the vote here (+57.7%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 54.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,42,947
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
2,94,846
Margin
45,374
15.39%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1BHARAT SINGH GULAB SINGHBLD · BLD1,70,11057.7%
- 2MANGILAL ADIWASIIndian National Congress · INC1,24,73642.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +58.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 57.7%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- 45.8% → 54.3%