Election
Constituency

230. Balaghat

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BALAGHAT

INCI 56.7%won by 33.9%JNP 22.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: RPK (RPK) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 33.9%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 56.7% of the vote here (+56.7%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 57.9%.

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

Electorate
5,77,626
Turnout
57.9%
Valid votes
3,34,479
Margin
1,13,373
33.90%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1NANDKISHORE SHARMAINCI · INCI1,89,74356.7%
  2. 2HUKAMCHAND KACHWAI MUNNALALJanata Party · JNP76,37022.8%
  3. 3MOHARSINGH TUNDILALJNPS · JNPS37,91511.3%
  4. 4MOOLCHAND SHAMBHARKERRPK · RPK25,0837.5%
  5. 5INDERCHAND JAIN PHOOLCHANDIndependent · IND5,3681.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
RPK
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+33.9%
INCI share
0.0% → 56.7%
JNP share
0.0% → 22.8%
Turnout
52.3% → 57.9%
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