Constituency
126. Raipur Town
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-RAIPUR-TOWN
INC 61.6%won by 39.6%BJP 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.2% to 39.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 89.9% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,683
Margin
18,894
39.62%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SWARUPCHAND JAINIndian National Congress · INC29,37861.6%
- 2VIRENDRA PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,48422.0%
- 3GULAM MOHAMMAD KHANIndependent · IND3,8218.0%
- 4SADRUDDIN FARISHTAJanata Party · JNP1,9174.0%
- 5INDUMATI BAJPAIIndependent · IND1,1042.3%
- 6RAM MURATIndependent · IND3690.8%
- 7BHARATLAL SAHUIndependent · IND2600.5%
- 8KUNJ BIHARIIndependent · IND2370.5%
- 9LOKNATH GANDHIIndependent · IND1130.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +3.4%
- INC share
- 63.1% → 61.6%
- BJP share
- 26.8% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —