Constituency
238. Shajapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SHAJAPUR
INC 55.3%won by 15.1%BJP 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.3% of the vote here (+55.3%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 89.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 63.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,31,379
Turnout
63.7%
Valid votes
4,65,960
Margin
70,276
15.08%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BAPULAL MALVIYAIndian National Congress · INC2,57,75355.3%
- 2PHOOLCHAND VERMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,87,47740.2%
- 3BHARATKUMAR SULANEIndependent · IND14,8363.2%
- 4GANPAT MALVIYAIndependent · IND4,5311.0%
- 5MANSHARAM MALVIYAIndependent · IND1,3630.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +15.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 55.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- 61.5% → 63.7%