Constituency
179. Kirnapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-KIRNAPUR
BJP 30.1%won by 2.1%IND 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.0% to 2.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 84.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,748
Margin
1,086
2.14%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1BHOOWANLALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,26030.1%
- 2LIKHERAMIndependent · IND14,17427.9%
- 3PARATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,33722.3%
- 4VIND KOCHARIndependent · IND3,6517.2%
- 5LALJI PRASADJanata Party · JNP2,9205.8%
- 6SHOBHARAMIndependent · IND1,0782.1%
- 7PANCHAMLALLKD · LKD1,0672.1%
- 8BHAGCHANDIndependent · IND9101.8%
- 9RAM PRASADIndependent · IND3510.7%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–IND swing
- −34.0%
- BJP share
- 44.4% → 30.1%
- IND share
- 8.3% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —