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173. Dongargarh

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-DONGARGARH

INC 63.4%won by 41.0%CPI 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.6% to 41.0%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.8% — a tighter two-way 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
29,939
Margin
12,288
41.04%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHANESH KUMAR PATILAIndian National Congress · INC18,98663.4%
  2. 2CHHABILAL KAUSHIKCommunist Party of India · CPI6,69822.4%
  3. 3GOPIRAM BANJAREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2187.4%
  4. 4MALIK DASIndependent · IND7142.4%
  5. 5SHOBHARAM BAGHELIndependent · IND4291.4%
  6. 6LAXMAN SWAMIIndependent · IND3961.3%
  7. 7RAMCHAND VAIDEIndependent · IND2720.9%
  8. 8AMJOR SINGH BHOARIIndependent · IND2260.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−15.7%
INC share
56.7% → 63.4%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.4%
Turnout
— → —
172. Rajnandgaon174. Khairagarh
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