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Constituency

40. Santacruz

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-SANTACRUZ

INC 46.3%won by 23.0%BJP 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 23.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 75.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
74,818
Margin
17,171
22.95%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−1.8%
INC share
50.3% 46.3%
BJP share
25.5% 23.4%
Turnout