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161. Dhamdha

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-DHAMDHA

INC 51.6%won by 37.0%CPI 14.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.6% to 37.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
47,015
Margin
17,416
37.04%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGESHWAR SAHUIndian National Congress · INC24,25351.6%
  2. 2DUKHIT RAM SAHUCommunist Party of India · CPI6,83714.5%
  3. 3PRADEEP CHOUBEJanata Party · JNP6,11513.0%
  4. 4RAMSINGH KURREIndependent · IND3,0966.6%
  5. 5HEMCHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9146.2%
  6. 6JAGRAKHANLAL YADAVLKD · LKD2,1004.5%
  7. 7THAKUR GAUTAM SINGHIndependent · IND4821.0%
  8. 8ISHWARI PRASADIndependent · IND4020.9%
  9. 9RAMJAGDISH DANIIndependent · IND2640.6%
  10. 10MOHANLAL JOSHIIndependent · IND2070.4%
  11. 11LOKESH KUMARIndependent · IND2060.4%
  12. 12GYANCHANDIndependent · IND1390.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+10.4%
INC share
39.7% → 51.6%
CPI share
13.1% → 14.5%
Turnout
— → —
160. Saja162. Durg City
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