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Constituency

83. Mehsana

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-MEHSANA

INC 62.4%won by 36.4%BJP 25.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 36.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,155
Margin
19,004
36.44%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+27.2%
INC share
53.2% 62.4%
BJP share
44.0% 25.9%
Turnout