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235. Balaghat

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BALAGHAT

INC 40.8%won by 12.4%BJP 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.9% to 40.8% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.6% to 56.0%.

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

Electorate
8,10,944
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
4,54,408
Margin
56,226
12.37%

Candidates

18 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VISHVESHWAR BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC1,85,49140.8%
  2. 2GOURISHANKAR CHATURBHUJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,29,26528.4%
  3. 3KANKAR MUNJAREJanata Dal · JD1,23,23427.1%
  4. 4CHUNNILAL PANCHEIndependent · IND2,2080.5%
  5. 5PANCHAM RUSHIYAIndependent · IND1,6830.4%
  6. 6GOBORDHAN PATLE ALIAS HITLERIndependent · IND1,5310.3%
  7. 7MOHAN LAL SAULAKHEIndependent · IND1,4600.3%
  8. 8KUNWAR NAGDEVEIndependent · IND1,3680.3%
  9. 9SHIVBHAJAN DADDU BHAWREJanahitha Paksha · JP1,2360.3%
  10. 10UTTAMCHAND GORELAL AGARWALIndependent · IND1,1040.2%
  11. 11DINESH PURI ALIAS MOONIndependent · IND9760.2%
  12. 12PREMLAL GIRDHARILAL SONIIndependent · IND9630.2%
  13. 13KANKAR MARARIndependent · IND9470.2%
  14. 14DEVILAL DUDHIYA TATDHARIDDP · DDP9280.2%
  15. 15SAMELAL SINGH DHURVEIndependent · IND7540.2%
  16. 16RAJESWAR CHAINU BHATEREIndependent · IND5360.1%
  17. 17MOOLCHAND SHAMBHARKARIndependent · IND4770.1%
  18. 18MUSTAK AHMED NAZMIIndependent · IND2470.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−13.5%
INC share
25.9% → 40.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 28.4%
Turnout
65.7% → 56.0%
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