Election
Constituency

234. Shirdi

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1985

MH-SHIRDI

INC 52.1%won by 6.7%ICS 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.8% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 45.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 91.4% — 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
79,326
Margin
5,284
6.66%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCICS swing
−55.4%
INC share
62.1% 52.1%
ICS share
0.0% 45.5%
Turnout