Constituency
234. Chhindwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-CHHINDWARA
INCI 51.6%won by 24.5%JNP 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 24.5%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 51.6% of the vote here (+51.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 50.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,68,711
Turnout
50.4%
Valid votes
2,86,441
Margin
70,131
24.48%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INCI- 1KAMAL NATHINCI · INCI1,47,77951.6%
- 2PRATUL CHANDRA DWIVEDIJanata Party · JNP77,64827.1%
- 3S.A. JAFRIJNPS · JNPS23,4218.2%
- 4P.K. THAKURCommunist Party of India · CPI20,3827.1%
- 5WASUDEORAO RAGHUNATHJI BAGADERPK · RPK6,9172.4%
- 6DINKARRAO BABULALIndependent · IND5,6882.0%
- 7NARAYAN RAMCHANDRA DAHASAHASTRAIndependent · IND4,6061.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–JNP swing
- +24.5%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 51.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- 44.1% → 50.4%