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22. Bijnor

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-BIJNOR

INC 45.6%won by 4.0%IND 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.2% to 4.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 41.6% — it polled just 2.0% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.3% — 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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Valid votes
92,496
Margin
3,681
3.98%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AZIZUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC42,14845.6%
  2. 2KRANTI KUMARIndependent · IND38,46741.6%
  3. 3TEJPAL VERMALKD · LKD5,8896.4%
  4. 4ZAMEELAIndependent · IND1,1911.3%
  5. 5GUNPRAKASHIndependent · IND8570.9%
  6. 6GAZANFFAR ALI KHAN ALIAS RAJAIndependent · IND7270.8%
  7. 7BHARAT SINGHIndependent · IND7130.8%
  8. 8SHAKUNTALA MITRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6800.7%
  9. 9JAHID HASAN KHANIndependent · IND5170.6%
  10. 10GHANSHYAMICS · ICS2530.3%
  11. 11DHEERAJ RAJPOOTIndependent · IND2350.3%
  12. 12KISHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1950.2%
  13. 13BRIJESH KUMARDDP · DDP1890.2%
  14. 14SHYAM SUNDERIndependent · IND1520.2%
  15. 15KRISHAN CHANDIndependent · IND1480.2%
  16. 16SUKHBEER SINGHIndependent · IND1350.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−43.3%
INC share
49.3% → 45.6%
IND share
2.0% → 41.6%
Turnout
— → —
21. Nazibabad23. Chandpur
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