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Constituency

307. Petlawad

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-PETLAWAD

INC 41.7%won by 1.5%IND 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.4% to 1.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,969
Margin
468
1.46%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−51.6%
INC share
62.0% 41.7%
IND share
8.9% 40.2%
Turnout