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229. Zahoorabad

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-ZAHOORABAD

INC 32.3%won by 5.7%LKD 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 5.7%.

  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.8% of the vote between them, up from 52.6% — 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
80,567
Margin
4,579
5.68%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SURENDRAIndian National Congress · INC25,98932.3%
  2. 2RAMNATHLKD · LKD21,41026.6%
  3. 3BHIKHARI RAMICJ · ICJ10,89813.5%
  4. 4JAI RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI7,6339.5%
  5. 5RAM SUKH CHAUHANIndependent · IND2,9693.7%
  6. 6RAM SURAT RAIJanata Party · JNP2,8823.6%
  7. 7RAM RAJ RAJBHARIndependent · IND2,8233.5%
  8. 8SATYA NARAIN TIWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2382.8%
  9. 9BIR BAHADURIndependent · IND1,0001.2%
  10. 10KAILASH RAMIndependent · IND6600.8%
  11. 11JAWAHAR PRASADIndependent · IND6410.8%
  12. 12AKHTAR HUSAINIndependent · IND5730.7%
  13. 13CHANDRABHANDDP · DDP4860.6%
  14. 14RAKESHIndependent · IND3650.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LKD swing
−27.4%
INC share
33.1% → 32.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
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