Constituency
217. Surguja
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SURGUJA
INC 55.7%won by 26.8%BJP 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.7% of the vote here (+55.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 48.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,73,662
Turnout
48.2%
Valid votes
3,24,875
Margin
87,170
26.83%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VIJAI PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,80,87855.7%
- 2LARANG SAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP93,70828.8%
- 3BIJAI KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI23,0427.1%
- 4MADHAW RAOIndependent · IND14,7214.5%
- 5MEWALAL SINGHIndependent · IND8,1702.5%
- 6BHIMSEN URAONIndependent · IND4,3561.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +26.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 55.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- 42.3% → 48.2%