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212. Barghat

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BARGHAT

INC 57.4%won by 22.4%BJP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 22.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
52,145
Margin
11,657
22.35%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRABHA BHARGAVAIndian National Congress · INC29,94557.4%
  2. 2DHANRAJSINGH THAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,28835.1%
  3. 3TIKARAM BISENCommunist Party of India · CPI2,5354.9%
  4. 4DEEPENDRANATH RAVINDRANATH BHARGAVA (DINNUJanata Party · JNP7091.4%
  5. 5PREMSHRIVELIndependent · IND4310.8%
  6. 6HUKUMCHAND SHRIVASIndependent · IND2370.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−11.6%
INC share
63.5% → 57.4%
BJP share
29.6% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
211. Keolari213. Seoni
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