Constituency
225. Bastar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BASTAR
INC 54.7%won by 35.1%CPI 19.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 35.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 54.7% of the vote here (+54.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 19.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.2% of the vote between them, up from 62.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 36.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,90,530
Turnout
36.8%
Valid votes
2,17,204
Margin
76,310
35.13%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MANKURAM SODIIndian National Congress · INC1,18,72954.7%
- 2MAHENDRA KARMACommunist Party of India · CPI42,41919.5%
- 3BALIRAM MAHADEO KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,04718.0%
- 4BAL SINGH DHAUIndependent · IND9,2294.2%
- 5SUKMAN POYAMJanata Party · JNP4,5592.1%
- 6PILOO MANJHIIndependent · IND3,2211.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +35.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 54.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 19.5%
- Turnout
- 34.4% → 36.8%