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50. Ghatkopar

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-GHATKOPAR

INC 44.5%won by 18.3%BJP 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 18.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.7% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
77,958
Margin
14,238
18.26%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIRENDRA BAKSHIIndian National Congress · INC34,69244.5%
  2. 2PRAKASH MEHTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,45426.2%
  3. 3AHIRE KASHINATH SHIVRAMIndependent · IND11,58214.9%
  4. 4ANANT GANPAT MANEIndependent · IND7,85210.1%
  5. 5ADHAV MURLIDHAR SATWAJIIndependent · IND2,2392.9%
  6. 6KANTARAM SONAWANEIndependent · IND5980.8%
  7. 7BIPIN SANGARLKD · LKD3950.5%
  8. 8TARACHAND GAUDIndependent · IND1460.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+14.9%
INC share
33.3% → 44.5%
BJP share
29.9% → 26.2%
Turnout
— → —
49. Kurla51. Bhandup
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