Who won Amarwara in the 1980 Assembly election?

PREM NARAYAN JAGDISH PRASAD of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Amarwara in the 1980 Assembly election with 12,755 votes (79.4% vote share), a margin of 9,443 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

218. Amarwara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

MP-AMARWARA

INC 79.4%won by 58.8%BJP 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 58.8%.

New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

16,067

Margin

9,443

58.77%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC

1PREM NARAYAN JAGDISH PRASAD Indian National Congress · INC12,75579.4%
2SHANKARSINGH JHAMSINGH Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,31220.6%

Since 1977

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJP swing: +13.7%
INC share: 45.1% → 79.4%
BJP share: 0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout: — → —

217. Damua 219. Chaurai

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