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51. Chandla

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-CHANDLA

INC 38.5%won by 1.7%BJP 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 1.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
50,365
Margin
863
1.71%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAM BEHARI PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC19,40738.5%
  2. 2ANSARI MOHAMMED GANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,54436.8%
  3. 3AHIRWAR DEVI DEENCommunist Party of India · CPI8,91617.7%
  4. 4RAGHUNATH SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,1102.2%
  5. 5JAI SINGHIndependent · IND1,0372.1%
  6. 6MAIYA DEENIndependent · IND7161.4%
  7. 7RAJENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND6351.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−34.9%
INC share
41.7% → 38.5%
BJP share
5.1% → 36.8%
Turnout
— → —
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