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245. Bhojpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BHOJPUR

BJP 50.7%won by 12.4%INC 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.2% to 12.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
61,605
Margin
7,627
12.38%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUNDER LAL PATWABharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,23450.7%
  2. 2AKBAR MOHD. KHANIndian National Congress · INC23,60738.3%
  3. 3ONKAR SINGHIndependent · IND4,0146.5%
  4. 4NARENDRAIndependent · IND1,4402.3%
  5. 5PRABHAKARJanata Party · JNP8431.4%
  6. 6BHAGWAT SINGH CHOUHANICS · ICS4670.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−10.8%
BJP share
53.5% → 50.7%
INC share
30.3% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
244. Bareli246. Kurwai
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