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162. Durg City

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-DURG-CITY

INC 72.5%won by 51.9%BJP 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.9% to 51.9%.

  • 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
74,101
Margin
38,464
51.91%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOTILAL VORAIndian National Congress · INC53,75472.5%
  2. 2BISE YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,29020.6%
  3. 3RAJKUMAR GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI2,2343.0%
  4. 4UMASHANKER PANDAJanata Party · JNP7411.0%
  5. 5ISHWARI PRASAD SONIIndependent · IND6790.9%
  6. 6HAKIM KHANIndependent · IND3900.5%
  7. 7ARJUNSINGH SAHUIndependent · IND3850.5%
  8. 8MOTILAL BOHARAIndependent · IND2580.3%
  9. 9AMARNATH TIWARILKD · LKD1960.3%
  10. 10PRABHA DEVIIndependent · IND1740.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+15.0%
INC share
66.7% → 72.5%
BJP share
29.9% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
161. Dhamdha163. Bhilai Nagar
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