Election
Constituency

120. Akaltara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-AKALTARA

INC 61.7%won by 36.7%JNP 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.0% to 36.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.

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
42,764
Margin
15,694
36.70%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAKESH KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,40561.7%
  2. 2SATISH DIWANJanata Party · JNP10,71125.0%
  3. 3RAM GOPAL KASHYAPIndependent · IND2,3805.6%
  4. 4RUPSAIIndependent · IND9542.2%
  5. 5SHEEL BHADRA UPADHYAYIndependent · IND9082.1%
  6. 6DARASRAMIndependent · IND4641.1%
  7. 7JAICHANDIndependent · IND4481.0%
  8. 8TIKA RAMIndependent · IND3610.8%
  9. 9ANUP KUMARIndependent · IND1330.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−31.2%
INC share
67.9% → 61.7%
JNP share
0.0% → 25.0%
Turnout
— → —
119. Sipat121. Pamgarh
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