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Constituency

205. Salempur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-SALEMPUR

INC 32.5%won by 13.3%LKD 19.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 12.2% to 32.5% of the vote here (+20.3%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 51.7% of the vote between them, up from 33.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
81,379
Margin
10,834
13.31%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCLKD swing
+1.1%
INC share
12.2% 32.5%
LKD share
0.0% 19.2%
Turnout