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Constituency

231. Pathardi

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-PATHARDI

JNP 52.6%won by 9.3%INC 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.9% to 9.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 43.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
83,661
Margin
7,754
9.27%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNPINC swing
−50.2%
JNP share
59.5% 52.6%
INC share
0.0% 43.3%
Turnout