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226. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-KANKER

INCI 59.1%won by 33.4%JNP 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 33.4%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 59.1% of the vote here (+59.1%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,78,575
Turnout
45.3%
Valid votes
2,62,045
Margin
87,501
33.39%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1ARVIND NETAMINCI · INCI1,54,94959.1%
  2. 2AGHANSINGH BHAOSINGHJanata Party · JNP67,44825.7%
  3. 3TEJ SINGH MARKAMIndependent · IND16,6996.4%
  4. 4MADHO SINGH LAXMAN SINGHJNPS · JNPS16,5086.3%
  5. 5BASUDEO NETAMIndependent · IND6,4412.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+33.4%
INCI share
0.0% → 59.1%
JNP share
0.0% → 25.7%
Turnout
46.5% → 45.3%
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