Election
Constituency

246. Gangapur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-GANGAPUR

CPM 29.4%won by 3.4%INC 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.4%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 25.8% to 29.4% of the vote here (+3.7%).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
79,335
Margin
2,714
3.42%

Candidates

17 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAJKISHORECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,33529.4%
  2. 2DHANESHWARI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC20,62126.0%
  3. 3SHIVASHANKARIndependent · IND9,49912.0%
  4. 4JAWAHAR LAL VERMAICJ · ICJ7,1929.1%
  5. 5LOK NATHLKD · LKD4,4155.6%
  6. 6TEJ BAHDURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,2114.0%
  7. 7JAGAR NATH URF LALIT SINGHIndependent · IND2,9423.7%
  8. 8MAHENDRA PRASADICS · ICS2,9313.7%
  9. 9RAMESH CHANDIndependent · IND1,2621.6%
  10. 10NAND LALIndependent · IND1,0441.3%
  11. 11DEVRIIndependent · IND6510.8%
  12. 12A. CHHAIVAR NATH PANDEYJanata Party · JNP5080.6%
  13. 13THAKUR PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND4440.6%
  14. 14RAM KISHUNIndependent · IND3940.5%
  15. 15BADRIDDP · DDP3920.5%
  16. 16RAM HARAKH CHANDANIndependent · IND2900.4%
  17. 17SHETLAIndependent · IND2040.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+4.6%
CPM share
25.8% → 29.4%
INC share
26.9% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
245. Kolasla247. Aurai
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