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85. Sohagpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-SOHAGPUR

INC 54.6%won by 33.0%JNP 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.9% to 33.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.3% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
57,704
Margin
19,014
32.95%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GAMBHIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC31,49654.6%
  2. 2JAIPRAKASH NARAIN GARGJanata Party · JNP12,48221.6%
  3. 3R. S. TRIPATHICommunist Party of India · CPI9,90717.2%
  4. 4RAJENDRA SRIVASTAVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9573.4%
  5. 5MANIRAM KHANDEKARIndependent · IND1,0161.8%
  6. 6JAMALUDDINIndependent · IND7081.2%
  7. 7UMESHIndependent · IND1380.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−22.7%
INC share
55.6% → 54.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 21.6%
Turnout
— → —
84. Anuppur86. Pushprajgarh
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