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163. Colonelganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-COLONELGANJ

INC 72.6%won by 61.5%JNP 11.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.1% to 61.5%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 11.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.7% of the vote between them, up from 67.6% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
69,611
Margin
42,800
61.48%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMESHWAR PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC50,54072.6%
  2. 2SURYA KANT SINGHJanata Party · JNP7,74011.1%
  3. 3GANESH PRASAD TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,1468.8%
  4. 4SAHAB DEENIndependent · IND1,9342.8%
  5. 5AVDHESH SINGHIndependent · IND9041.3%
  6. 6RAMANAND JAISWALDDP · DDP8061.2%
  7. 7KALIDEENIndependent · IND6590.9%
  8. 8AJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3400.5%
  9. 9BENDESHWARI PRASAD URF LAL SAHABIndependent · IND2860.4%
  10. 10JUNG BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND2560.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+17.6%
INC share
43.9% → 72.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 11.1%
Turnout
— → —
162. Katra Bazar164. Dixir
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