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359. Jodhpur

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-JODHPUR

INCI 43.8%won by 13.4%JNP 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 43.8% of the vote here (+43.8%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.2% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 53.7%.

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

Electorate
7,29,797
Turnout
53.7%
Valid votes
3,91,838
Margin
52,519
13.40%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1ASHOK GAHLOTINCI · INCI1,71,57443.8%
  2. 2BALBIR SINGH KACHHWAHJanata Party · JNP1,19,05530.4%
  3. 3POONAM CHAND VISHNOIINCU · INCU75,29619.2%
  4. 4GORDHANIndependent · IND6,9121.8%
  5. 5VIJAI KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND5,3911.4%
  6. 6SANTOSH SINGH KACHHWAHAIndependent · IND4,5481.2%
  7. 7DHAN RAJIndependent · IND3,1070.8%
  8. 8RANJEET SINGHIndependent · IND2,0270.5%
  9. 9KANWAL MAL (GANG)Independent · IND1,9930.5%
  10. 10MADAN LALIndependent · IND1,9350.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+13.4%
INCI share
0.0% → 43.8%
JNP share
0.0% → 30.4%
Turnout
56.1% → 53.7%
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