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Constituency

132. Jahangirganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-JAHANGIRGANJ

INC 38.6%won by 20.8%LKD 17.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.8% to 20.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.4% between them, down from 69.7% — 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
53,901
Margin
11,196
20.77%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCLKD swing
−21.9%
INC share
42.7% 38.6%
LKD share
0.0% 17.8%
Turnout