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53. Nawabganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-NAWABGANJ

INC 31.9%won by 9.7%JNP 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 14.8% to 31.9% of the vote here (+17.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.2% — it polled just 1.2% in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 54.1% of the vote between them, up from 38.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,972
Margin
6,880
9.69%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHET RAM GANGWARIndian National Congress · INC22,64731.9%
  2. 2KUNWAR SENJanata Party · JNP15,76722.2%
  3. 3MOHAMMED FAROOQ ANSARILKD · LKD12,02016.9%
  4. 4SHAMBHU DATT BELWALCommunist Party of India · CPI4,8416.8%
  5. 5BALDEV RAJ SURIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9544.2%
  6. 6NAND RAM KASHYAPIndependent · IND2,8464.0%
  7. 7SHAHID AKHTAR KHANIndependent · IND2,6423.7%
  8. 8RAM AUTARDDP · DDP1,5222.1%
  9. 9THAKUR DASIndependent · IND1,2311.7%
  10. 10LALA RAMIndependent · IND1,1541.6%
  11. 11CHEDA LALIndependent · IND1,1491.6%
  12. 12SATYA PALIndependent · IND9581.3%
  13. 13MUNNE BUKSHAIndependent · IND6460.9%
  14. 14GANGA RAMIndependent · IND3990.6%
  15. 15RAJENDRA KUMAR SEXENAIndependent · IND1960.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
−3.9%
INC share
14.8% → 31.9%
JNP share
1.2% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
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