Election
Constituency

240. Bhopal North

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BHOPAL-NORTH

INC 53.7%won by 25.1%BJP 28.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 25.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.4% of the vote between them, up from 65.8% — 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
56,154
Margin
14,071
25.06%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RASUL AHMAD SIDDIQUIIndian National Congress · INC30,17853.7%
  2. 2SEWAK RAM SOBHANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,10728.7%
  3. 3SHAHNAWAZ KHANCommunist Party of India · CPI8,39615.0%
  4. 4JAGDISHIndependent · IND3930.7%
  5. 5JAMIL MOHD. KHANIndependent · IND2430.4%
  6. 6ABDUL WAHIDIndependent · IND1440.3%
  7. 7KHALID MOHAMMADIndependent · IND1380.2%
  8. 8AMJAL ALIIndependent · IND1230.2%
  9. 9VIDYA JAINIndependent · IND1110.2%
  10. 10BHAG CHANDIndependent · IND820.1%
  11. 11BRIJLAL BATRAIndependent · IND750.1%
  12. 12BHARAT LALIndependent · IND750.1%
  13. 13SHRINARAYAN SIMHALIndependent · IND540.1%
  14. 14CHANDRA MOHAN SAXENAIndependent · IND350.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+2.4%
INC share
43.0% → 53.7%
BJP share
20.4% → 28.7%
Turnout
— → —
239. Bhopal South241. Berasia
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