Constituency
196. Jabalpur Central
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-JABALPUR-CENTRAL
BJP 47.5%won by 0.5%INC 47.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.5%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 37.8% to 47.5% of the vote here (+9.7%).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 171 votes (0.50%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
34,291
Margin
171
0.50%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1ONKAR PRASAD TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,28647.5%
- 2LALIT SHRIVASTAVAIndian National Congress · INC16,11547.0%
- 3AFTAB HUSENCommunist Party of India · CPI1,1693.4%
- 4BALLABHDAS JAINJanata Party · JNP3030.9%
- 5HANIFIndependent · IND720.2%
- 6SHYAM SUNDERIndependent · IND670.2%
- 7RAJEEV VISHWAKARMAIndependent · IND640.2%
- 8UMASHANKAR TABHANEIndependent · IND540.2%
- 9RAVI MALHOTRAIndependent · IND510.1%
- 10DASHRATH LALIndependent · IND480.1%
- 11SABRA BEGAMICS · ICS370.1%
- 12NANHORIYAIndependent · IND250.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +16.1%
- BJP share
- 37.8% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 47.0%
- Turnout
- — → —