Election
Constituency

167. Balod

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BALOD

INC 54.9%won by 33.1%IND 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.5% to 33.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.

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
54,672
Margin
18,114
33.13%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JALAMSINGH PATELIndian National Congress · INC30,04154.9%
  2. 2SAHDEO SAHUIndependent · IND11,92721.8%
  3. 3ARJUNPURIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,72714.1%
  4. 4RUPRAM SAHUCommunist Party of India · CPI2,1533.9%
  5. 5GENDKUMARI CHOWDAHRIJanata Party · JNP1,0952.0%
  6. 6KHEDURAM SONHERIndependent · IND6321.2%
  7. 7KHETMALIndependent · IND4370.8%
  8. 8DAYALRAM NISADIndependent · IND4010.7%
  9. 9ANANDRAMIndependent · IND2590.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−18.6%
INC share
57.6% → 54.9%
IND share
5.9% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
166. Khertha168. Dondi Lohara
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