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Constituency

308. Kannauj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-KANNAUJ

INC 50.0%won by 19.4%BJP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.1% to 19.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — 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
46,370
Margin
8,998
19.40%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.6%
INC share
55.9% 50.0%
BJP share
17.8% 30.6%
Turnout