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229. Masod

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-MASOD

INC 44.8%won by 5.9%BJP 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 5.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.3% — 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
40,195
Margin
2,354
5.86%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMJI MAHAJANIndian National Congress · INC18,00444.8%
  2. 2WASUDEO THAKREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,65038.9%
  3. 3JIKSU JIWATAIndependent · IND3,9229.8%
  4. 4NAMDEOIndependent · IND1,0332.6%
  5. 5NARENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND9612.4%
  6. 6GULABUIndependent · IND3630.9%
  7. 7TEJI MAHAJANIndependent · IND2620.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−11.4%
INC share
42.0% → 44.8%
BJP share
24.7% → 38.9%
Turnout
— → —
228. Multai230. Bhainsdehi
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