BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Lok Sabha, 1980 - MP

1. No. of Seats 40
2. No. of contestants 359
3. ELECTORS
   

MEN

WOMEN

TOTAL

i. No. of Electors

12,652,793

12,532,515

25,185,308

ii No. of Voters

7,857,430

5,201,289

13,058,719

iii Polling percentage

62.10

41.50

51.85

4. No. of Valid Votes 12,605,849
5. Votes rejected 452,850
6. No. of polling Stations 31,666
7. Average No. of Electors per polling station 795
  Performance of parties      
PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (I)

39

35

47.20

INDIAN NATIONLAL CONGRESS (U)

13

0

1.26

JANATA PARTY

40

4

31.30

JANATA PARTY (SECULAR)

30

0

7.78

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

3

0

0.55

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA(MARXIST)

1

0

0.13

NATIONAL PARTIES

126

39

88.22

AKHIL BHARTIYA RAMRAJYA PARISHAD

2

0

0.09

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (KHOBRAGADE)

4

0

0.39

REGD. (Unrecog.) PARTIES

6

0

0.48

INDEPENDENTS

227

1

11.30

TOTAL

359

40

100.00

Source : CEO, M.P

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