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227. Bastar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BASTAR

INCI 35.7%won by 8.7%JNP 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 8.7%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 35.7% of the vote here (+35.7%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.7% between them, down from 80.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 34.4%.

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

Electorate
5,05,816
Turnout
34.4%
Valid votes
1,73,925
Margin
15,050
8.65%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1LAXMAN KARMAINCI · INCI62,01435.7%
  2. 2SAMARURAM PARGANIAJanata Party · JNP46,96427.0%
  3. 3DRIGPALSHAH KESHRI SHAHJNPS · JNPS34,41819.8%
  4. 4PEELURAM KRIPARAMIndependent · IND20,37011.7%
  5. 5KISTAYYA PAPYYAIndependent · IND7,5554.3%
  6. 6SUKMAN POYAMIndependent · IND2,6041.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+8.7%
INCI share
0.0% → 35.7%
JNP share
0.0% → 27.0%
Turnout
38.1% → 34.4%
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