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237. Bhopal

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BHOPAL

INCI 43.5%won by 3.5%JNP 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 3.5%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 43.5% of the vote here (+43.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 55.1%.

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

Electorate
7,01,163
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
3,86,052
Margin
13,602
3.52%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1SHANKARDAYAL SHARMAINCI · INCI1,68,05943.5%
  2. 2ARIF BEGJanata Party · JNP1,54,45740.0%
  3. 3HOMI DAJICommunist Party of India · CPI24,3706.3%
  4. 4BHAIYALAL SHOBHARAMIndependent · IND8,3312.2%
  5. 5WASHIUDDIN KHANIndependent · IND5,9131.5%
  6. 6NARAYANDAS KHAMBHRAIndependent · IND4,6871.2%
  7. 7VIDYA JAINIndependent · IND3,8421.0%
  8. 8BABULAL SANGODEIndependent · IND3,5880.9%
  9. 9K.C. GUPTAIndependent · IND3,3910.9%
  10. 10RAMKUMAR KHAREIndependent · IND3,2570.8%
  11. 11SHAFIC SIDDIQUIIndependent · IND3,1620.8%
  12. 12RADHESHYAM AGRAWALIndependent · IND2,9950.8%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+3.5%
INCI share
0.0% → 43.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout
59.1% → 55.1%
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