Election
Constituency

70. Teonthar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-TEONTHAR

INC 32.0%won by 0.2%LKD 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.9% to 0.2%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.9% of the vote between them, up from 52.4% — 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
63,566
Margin
142
0.22%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GARUD KUMARIndian National Congress · INC20,37132.0%
  2. 2RAMAKANT TIWARILKD · LKD20,22931.8%
  3. 3RAM LAKHANJanata Party · JNP12,01718.9%
  4. 4SUSHIL KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,9366.2%
  5. 5TILAKDHARI CHAUDHARIIndependent · IND2,0483.2%
  6. 6RAM GARIB KOLIndependent · IND2,0293.2%
  7. 7ADHYA PRASAD KEWATIndependent · IND8081.3%
  8. 8DINBANDHU TRIPATHIIndependent · IND8061.3%
  9. 9RAM MILAN DWIVEDIIndependent · IND5020.8%
  10. 10RAMAKANTIndependent · IND3920.6%
  11. 11BAIJ NATH MALLAHIndependent · IND2590.4%
  12. 12SHRI DAYALIndependent · IND1690.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−31.9%
INC share
32.2% → 32.0%
LKD share
0.0% → 31.8%
Turnout
— → —
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