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141. Nathdwara

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1985

RJ-NATHDWARA

INC 70.4%won by 47.3%BJP 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.8% to 47.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
55,344
Margin
26,190
47.32%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1C. P. JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC38,94370.4%
  2. 2VIJAY SINGH JHALABharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,75323.0%
  3. 3RAGHU NANDANCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3064.2%
  4. 4JEEVAN SINGH SIROYAIndependent · IND8331.5%
  5. 5CHAITANYA GAHLOTIndependent · IND2620.5%
  6. 6SHANTI LAL VAISHANVIndependent · IND2470.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−7.4%
INC share
54.7% → 70.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 23.0%
Turnout
— → —
140. Rajsamand142. Udaipur
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