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159. Jaitaran

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1985

RJ-JAITARAN

INC 58.6%won by 31.1%BJP 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.5% to 31.1%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.2% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way 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
56,243
Margin
17,502
31.12%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC32,98258.6%
  2. 2SURENDRA GOYALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,48027.5%
  3. 3MADHOO SINGHIndependent · IND4,1757.4%
  4. 4NATHOO SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,9253.4%
  5. 5OM PRAKASH GEHLOTIndependent · IND8011.4%
  6. 6RAMJI RAM MEGHWALIndependent · IND6171.1%
  7. 7MANGI LAL REGARIndependent · IND2630.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−27.3%
INC share
58.4% → 58.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 27.5%
Turnout
— → —
158. Asind160. Raipur
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