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179. Basmath

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-BASMATH

INC 47.6%won by 13.7%JNP 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 13.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
62,334
Margin
8,522
13.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JADHAV MUNJAJI NARAYANRAOIndian National Congress · INC29,69847.6%
  2. 2DESHMUKH PANDITRAO RAMRAOJanata Party · JNP21,17634.0%
  3. 3DUDHMAL MEGNATH NARAYANIndependent · IND9,15714.7%
  4. 4LOLAGE SUDARSHANRAO NAMDEORAOCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7602.8%
  5. 5MANJARAMKAR MADHUKAR DASHRATHRAOIndependent · IND5430.9%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+10.7%
INC share
35.1% → 47.6%
JNP share
32.1% → 34.0%
Turnout
— → —
178. Parbhani180. Kalamnuri
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