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202. Murwara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-MURWARA

INC 65.0%won by 36.6%BJP 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.4% to 36.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.9% — 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
46,369
Margin
16,963
36.58%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUNIL MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC30,16165.0%
  2. 2MAHESH KUMAR JAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,19828.5%
  3. 3RAJARAM GARGJanata Party · JNP8791.9%
  4. 4TABBATDEENIndependent · IND6101.3%
  5. 5MAHENDRA KUMAR CHANPURIYAIndependent · IND5441.2%
  6. 6CHANDRIKA PRASAD BURMANIndependent · IND5211.1%
  7. 7DOULAT RAM BENICS · ICS2900.6%
  8. 8ANANT KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND1660.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−3.6%
INC share
52.7% → 65.0%
BJP share
12.5% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
201. Bahoriband203. Badwara
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