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61. Raigaon

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-RAIGAON

INC 42.6%won by 1.1%BJP 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.7% to 1.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — 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 84.1% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — 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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Valid votes
42,652
Margin
462
1.08%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMSHRAY PRASADIndian National Congress · INC18,16942.6%
  2. 2JUGUL KISHOREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,70741.5%
  3. 3VISHWESHWAR PRASADJanata Party · JNP1,8684.4%
  4. 4NATHU LAL CHARAMKARIndependent · IND1,1972.8%
  5. 5VARDANI CHMARIndependent · IND1,0462.5%
  6. 6GAIBI DAS KORIIndependent · IND7911.9%
  7. 7RAM CHEREIndependent · IND6271.5%
  8. 8RAMDAS DAHIYALKD · LKD5671.3%
  9. 9BALGOVINDIndependent · IND4801.1%
  10. 10HARCHHATHIYAIndependent · IND2000.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−31.7%
INC share
49.5% → 42.6%
BJP share
16.7% → 41.5%
Turnout
— → —
60. Nagod62. Chitrakoot
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