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Constituency

143. Bhandara

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-BHANDARA

INC 38.2%won by 17.2%ICS 21.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.2%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 75.7% — 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
76,490
Margin
13,192
17.25%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCICS swing
−18.4%
INC share
35.6% 38.2%
ICS share
0.0% 21.0%
Turnout