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Constituency

54. Bhojipura

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-BHOJIPURA

INC 25.1%won by 5.2%IND 19.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.1% to 5.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.0% between them, down from 57.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
72,883
Margin
3,768
5.17%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−20.1%
INC share
36.9% 25.1%
IND share
11.7% 19.9%
Turnout