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Constituency

103. Raigarh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-RAIGARH

INC 63.3%won by 40.1%BJP 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.9% to 40.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 95.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,665
Margin
17,098
40.08%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−29.2%
INC share
69.2% 63.3%
BJP share
0.0% 23.3%
Turnout