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138. Basna

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BASNA

INC 68.5%won by 42.5%BJP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.1% to 42.5%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
26,163
Margin
11,131
42.54%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHENDRA BAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,92768.5%
  2. 2ABDUL GAFFAR KHERANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,79626.0%
  3. 3UMRAO SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND9133.5%
  4. 4THAKURSINGH DIWAN ADIWASIIndependent · IND5272.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+12.5%
INC share
60.2% → 68.5%
BJP share
30.1% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
137. Saraipali139. Khallari
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