Election
Constituency

161. Dhamdha

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1990

MP-DHAMDHA

INC 36.0%won by 3.3%JD 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.0% to 3.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 32.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.

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
69,242
Margin
2,253
3.25%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGESHWAR SAHUIndian National Congress · INC24,90036.0%
  2. 2ARUN AGRAWALJanata Dal · JD22,64732.7%
  3. 3C.R. BAKSHICommunist Party of India · CPI8,15311.8%
  4. 4SAKHA RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,8289.9%
  5. 5PUNA RAM SAHUIndependent · IND2,0513.0%
  6. 6SURENDRA KUMAR SAHUIndependent · IND1,8422.7%
  7. 7ROOTHU PRADESHIIndependent · IND1,1731.7%
  8. 8NAGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6180.9%
  9. 9NAND KUMAR GAUTAMIndependent · IND4680.7%
  10. 10RAMACHANDRA VISHWAKARMAIndependent · IND2260.3%
  11. 11BHAGWANDAS SAHULkd (B) · LKDB1280.2%
  12. 12HIRA SINGHIndependent · IND1220.2%
  13. 13BANSI LALIndependent · IND860.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−48.3%
INC share
51.6% → 36.0%
JD share
0.0% → 32.7%
Turnout
— → —
160. Saja162. Durg City
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