Constituency
119. Melghat
Community mirrorMaharashtra Assembly Election, 1985
MH-MELGHAT
INC 81.7%won by 68.8%BJP 12.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 45.6% to 68.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,525
Margin
34,093
68.84%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1PATEL RAMU MHATANGIndian National Congress · INC40,44181.7%
- 2HIRALAL ONKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,34812.8%
- 3MAUJILAL TUMLAIndependent · IND1,4823.0%
- 4BHUJANG RAMJIIndependent · IND1,2542.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +12.7%
- INC share
- 67.2% → 81.7%
- BJP share
- 11.1% → 12.8%
- Turnout
- — → —