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16. Kashipur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-KASHIPUR

INC 70.2%won by 58.0%LKD 12.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 58.0%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 12.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
84,204
Margin
48,808
57.96%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NARAYAN DUTTIndian National Congress · INC59,08370.2%
  2. 2ANWAR AHEMADLKD · LKD10,27512.2%
  3. 3KIRHSNA KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,56310.2%
  4. 4GURUCHARAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1043.7%
  5. 5PRADUMAN KUMARICJ · ICJ9621.1%
  6. 6BALBIR SINGHJanata Party · JNP8321.0%
  7. 7AJAYIndependent · IND4640.6%
  8. 8KALLANIndependent · IND3330.4%
  9. 9MAHENDER SINGHIndependent · IND3170.4%
  10. 10HARDEV SINGHDDP · DDP2710.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
+16.0%
INC share
42.0% → 70.2%
LKD share
0.0% → 12.2%
Turnout
— → —
15. Haldwani17. Seohara
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