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168. Basti

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-BASTI

INC 40.7%won by 4.9%LKD 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.6% to 4.9%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.5% of the vote between them, up from 54.5% — 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
73,142
Margin
3,596
4.92%

Candidates

22 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ALMELU AMMALIndian National Congress · INC29,78740.7%
  2. 2RAJ MANI PANDEYLKD · LKD26,19135.8%
  3. 3RAJWANT SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,8553.9%
  4. 4RAGHAV RAM MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1793.0%
  5. 5JAMIL AHMADIndependent · IND1,9812.7%
  6. 6KHALID AKHTARIndependent · IND1,5792.2%
  7. 7GULAB CHANDRADDP · DDP1,3811.9%
  8. 8UDAI SHANKARIndependent · IND1,3321.8%
  9. 9KRIPA SHANKARIndependent · IND1,3191.8%
  10. 10PALTUIndependent · IND9261.3%
  11. 11RAM ANJORIndependent · IND6680.9%
  12. 12RAMJAN ALIIndependent · IND5340.7%
  13. 13RAM BRIKSHICS · ICS4030.6%
  14. 14USHA PANDEYIndependent · IND3350.5%
  15. 15RAM PIYAREIndependent · IND3180.4%
  16. 16AKBAL AHMADIndependent · IND3040.4%
  17. 17RAM KARONIndependent · IND2490.3%
  18. 18PARAMANANDIndependent · IND2120.3%
  19. 19SANT RAMIndependent · IND2060.3%
  20. 20DUDH NATHIndependent · IND1870.3%
  21. 21BAKRIDANIndependent · IND1250.2%
  22. 22HANUMAN PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND710.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−27.1%
INC share
32.1% → 40.7%
LKD share
0.0% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
167. Nagar East169. Ramnagar
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