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Constituency

231. Betul

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BETUL

INC 51.3%won by 8.2%BJP 43.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.1% to 51.3% of the vote here (+11.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
34,183
Margin
2,811
8.22%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+16.6%
INC share
40.1% 51.3%
BJP share
48.4% 43.1%
Turnout