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83. Kotma

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-KOTMA

INC 50.6%won by 31.8%JNP 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.5% to 31.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.3% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — 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
27,636
Margin
8,797
31.83%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAGWANDEENIndian National Congress · INC13,97850.6%
  2. 2BABULAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP5,18118.7%
  3. 3KAMOL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,62313.1%
  4. 4THAKURDEEN KAMARCommunist Party of India · CPI2,2858.3%
  5. 5CHHOTANIIndependent · IND2,2378.1%
  6. 6SEWASINGHIndependent · IND3321.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−0.1%
INC share
46.8% → 50.6%
JNP share
14.9% → 18.7%
Turnout
— → —
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