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84. Mansa

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-MANSA

INC 49.6%won by 0.8%BJP 48.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.7% to 0.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 551 votes (0.77%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
71,681
Margin
551
0.77%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHUKLA HARIPRASAD VITHALRAMIndian National Congress · INC35,58349.6%
  2. 2PATEL MANGALBHAI MADHAVDASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,03248.9%
  3. 3PATEL MAGANLAL AMICHANDDDP · DDP3320.5%
  4. 4JANI HASUMATIBEN AMARATLALIndependent · IND3070.4%
  5. 5SHAIKH IKBALMIYA IBRAHIMMIYAIndependent · IND2160.3%
  6. 6PRAJAPATI GORDHANBHAI KALIDASIndependent · IND1250.2%
  7. 7THAKARADA NENAJI PUNJAJIIndependent · IND860.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−2.9%
INC share
36.2% → 49.6%
BJP share
32.6% → 48.9%
Turnout
— → —
83. Mehsana85. Vijapur
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