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166. Captainganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-CAPTAINGANJ

INC 36.3%won by 7.1%LKD 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.6% to 7.1%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.4% of the vote between them, up from 59.0% — 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
87,976
Margin
6,276
7.13%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMBIKA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC31,90236.3%
  2. 2RAM PRASAD CHOUDHARYLKD · LKD25,62629.1%
  3. 3RAM LAKHAN SINGHICS · ICS6,4837.4%
  4. 4OM PRAKASH URF RAM MILANJanata Party · JNP6,1487.0%
  5. 5CHHOTE LALICJ · ICJ3,3023.8%
  6. 6DURGA PRASAD NISHADIndependent · IND2,4992.8%
  7. 7UDAI PRAKASH SINGHIndependent · IND2,0982.4%
  8. 8SAILENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND2,0202.3%
  9. 9RANVIR SINGHDDP · DDP1,8312.1%
  10. 10DHANUSH DHARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5881.8%
  11. 11RAM DINIndependent · IND1,2811.5%
  12. 12JANARDANIndependent · IND1,2001.4%
  13. 13AYODHYA PRASADIndependent · IND1,0871.2%
  14. 14SHYAM SUNDERIndependent · IND4040.5%
  15. 15RAM ADHARIndependent · IND3360.4%
  16. 16SANKAT PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1710.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−27.2%
INC share
34.3% → 36.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
165. Harraiya167. Nagar East
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