Constituency
215. Chhindwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-CHHINDWARA
INC 47.8%won by 1.3%BJP 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.8% to 1.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.2% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,293
Margin
539
1.27%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1KAMLESHWARI SHUKLAIndian National Congress · INC20,21247.8%
- 2KUBERSINGH CHOUDHRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,67346.5%
- 3SHIV KUMAR CHADDACommunist Party of India · CPI1,0932.6%
- 4NARAYAN BHAOIndependent · IND4171.0%
- 5MAHADEO MAROTRAO DESHBHARTARIndependent · IND2740.6%
- 6DALCHAND CHARNAGAR KARANTIKARIIndependent · IND2340.6%
- 7RAMESH PARASRAMIndependent · IND1350.3%
- 8SEWAKRAM ATHNEREIndependent · IND1340.3%
- 9RAJENDRA KUMAR TIWARI ALIAS RAJU PANDEYIndependent · IND1210.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −47.5%
- INC share
- 72.0% → 47.8%
- BJP share
- 23.1% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- — → —