Constituency
171. Dongargaon
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-DONGARGAON
INC 68.7%won by 55.5%BJP 13.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 55.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSR (JNPSR) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,405
Margin
14,105
55.52%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1HEERA RAM VERMAIndian National Congress · INC17,46268.7%
- 2MAGAL CHAND JAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,35713.2%
- 3MADAN TIWARYJanata Party · JNP2,3829.4%
- 4MOCHI RAMIndependent · IND1,1334.5%
- 5SUBEDAR RAMJILALIndependent · IND1,0714.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +33.0%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 68.7%
- BJP share
- 21.2% → 13.2%
- Turnout
- — → —