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197. Jabalpur West

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-JABALPUR-WEST

INC 56.6%won by 22.3%BJP 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 22.3%.

  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
48,161
Margin
10,759
22.34%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDRA KUMAR BHANOTIndian National Congress · INC27,26156.6%
  2. 2ISHWARDAS ROHANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,50234.3%
  3. 3ANIL SHARMAJanata Party · JNP2,6385.5%
  4. 4MOHAN SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND5711.2%
  5. 5DASHRATHIndependent · IND5351.1%
  6. 6JAGDEESH PRASAD CHOUBEICS · ICS2120.4%
  7. 7AVINASH KHATRIIndependent · IND2060.4%
  8. 8BIHARI LAL "TARTAR"Independent · IND940.2%
  9. 9RAJENDRA TIWARIIndependent · IND740.2%
  10. 10USHA GOURIndependent · IND680.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−0.8%
INC share
58.1% → 56.6%
BJP share
34.9% → 34.3%
Turnout
— → —
196. Jabalpur Central198. Patan
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