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163. Bhilai Nagar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BHILAI-NAGAR

INC 41.5%won by 1.6%CPM 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 1.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.8% — a tighter two-way 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
76,630
Margin
1,231
1.61%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAVI ARYAIndian National Congress · INC31,83941.5%
  2. 2P. K. MOITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,60839.9%
  3. 3VIJAISHINGH GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,39312.3%
  4. 4L. R. NISHADIndependent · IND1,1951.6%
  5. 5BODHANSINGHJanata Party · JNP7511.0%
  6. 6BHANWARLAL TIWARIIndependent · IND5880.8%
  7. 7LALLURAM YADAVLKD · LKD5110.7%
  8. 8KISHORILAL SAHUIndependent · IND3730.5%
  9. 9R. D JOGANSHIndependent · IND3410.4%
  10. 10L. S. NAIRIndependent · IND2670.3%
  11. 11CHHABILAL NISHADIndependent · IND2580.3%
  12. 12KAMALUDDIN HAFIZIndependent · IND1630.2%
  13. 13BALIRAM SHARMAIndependent · IND1210.2%
  14. 14SHYAMDHAR VERMAIndependent · IND1020.1%
  15. 15SHIVANAND SINGHIndependent · IND750.1%
  16. 16SURYADEO SINGHIndependent · IND450.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−15.6%
INC share
41.0% → 41.5%
CPM share
23.8% → 39.9%
Turnout
— → —
162. Durg City164. Patan
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