Constituency
228. Balaghat
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BALAGHAT
INC 41.7%won by 16.8%BJP 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 41.7% of the vote here (+41.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 79.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 63.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,35,884
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
4,06,216
Margin
68,117
16.77%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1NANDKISHORE SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,69,49741.7%
- 2LOCHANLAL NARAYAN THAKREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,01,38025.0%
- 3KANKAR MUNJAREIndependent · IND73,78918.2%
- 4MULCHAND SHAMBHAKARIndependent · IND20,1845.0%
- 5ITTHAL BAHESWARJanata Party · JNP14,4293.6%
- 6DHARM RAJIndependent · IND13,5273.3%
- 7DAYARAMIndependent · IND5,5181.4%
- 8SHANKARLAL KASARIndependent · IND2,9220.7%
- 9S. R. SILAREIndependent · IND2,7040.7%
- 10NIMARCHANDIndependent · IND2,2660.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +16.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- 57.9% → 63.9%