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96. Sitapur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-SITAPUR

INC 39.9%won by 10.4%BJP 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 10.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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
24,764
Margin
2,576
10.40%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKHI RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,88639.9%
  2. 2RAM KHELAWANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,31029.5%
  3. 3ISAIYAIndependent · IND3,59514.5%
  4. 4VIRENDRANATHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3459.5%
  5. 5GOPALIndependent · IND9643.9%
  6. 6MADHAW RAOIndependent · IND6642.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−25.3%
INC share
48.4% → 39.9%
BJP share
12.8% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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