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Constituency

242. Sanchi

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-SANCHI

INC 51.7%won by 8.6%BJP 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.6% to 51.7% of the vote here (+13.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — 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
42,425
Margin
3,635
8.57%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+18.8%
INC share
38.6% 51.7%
BJP share
48.8% 43.2%
Turnout