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Constituency

51. Bhandup

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-BHANDUP

INC 38.3%won by 20.9%BJP 17.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.2% to 20.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.8% between them, down from 73.7% — 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
1,00,859
Margin
21,074
20.89%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+3.6%
INC share
42.4% 38.3%
BJP share
25.2% 17.5%
Turnout