Election
Constituency

116. Bilaspur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BILASPUR

INC 48.8%won by 2.0%BJP 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.6% to 2.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
58,299
Margin
1,142
1.96%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1B. R. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC28,45748.8%
  2. 2MOOLCHAND KHANDELWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP27,31546.9%
  3. 3SHIVESH CHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,0231.8%
  4. 4METHYEO JAHANIIndependent · IND2880.5%
  5. 5B. P. DUBEYIndependent · IND2010.3%
  6. 6BRIJMOHANIndependent · IND1940.3%
  7. 7P. L. SWARNKARIndependent · IND1720.3%
  8. 8SHEOCHARANIndependent · IND1720.3%
  9. 9BRIJRAJ NARAYANIndependent · IND1600.3%
  10. 10SAKIRIndependent · IND1520.3%
  11. 11BAHORIK RAM YADAVIndependent · IND1180.2%
  12. 12TRIBAK RAO JAWLEIndependent · IND470.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−27.6%
INC share
62.3% → 48.8%
BJP share
32.8% → 46.9%
Turnout
— → —
115. Takhatpur117. Bilha
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