Constituency
259. Mandsaur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MANDSAUR
BLD 50.5%won by 12.9%INC 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 12.9%.
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 50.5% of the vote here (+50.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 66.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,98,330
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
3,95,041
Margin
51,107
12.94%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1LAXMINARAYAN PANDEYBLD · BLD1,99,68850.5%
- 2BANSILAL GANDHIIndian National Congress · INC1,48,58137.6%
- 3RAMESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND41,83310.6%
- 4HEMANT KUMARIndependent · IND3,0640.8%
- 5ARVIND JAISWALIndependent · IND1,8750.5%
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
- +59.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 50.5%
- INC share
- 46.9% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 66.0%