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424. Dehradun

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-DEHRADUN

INC 66.8%won by 43.9%BJP 22.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.9% to 43.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 82.3% — 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
66,929
Margin
29,390
43.91%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HIRA SINGH BISTIndian National Congress · INC44,68066.8%
  2. 2HARBANS KAPOORBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,29022.8%
  3. 3VIJAI RAWATCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,6475.4%
  4. 4PREM CHAND SATHIIndependent · IND9921.5%
  5. 5PRATAP SINGH PARWANAIndependent · IND5050.8%
  6. 6SHIV SINGH BISTJanata Party · JNP3300.5%
  7. 7RAM PALIndependent · IND2320.3%
  8. 8LALIT KUMAR MITTALIndependent · IND2260.3%
  9. 9SUBHASH GUPTAIndependent · IND2170.3%
  10. 10RAJ BALADDP · DDP2080.3%
  11. 11HARISH GOPAL SINGHALIndependent · IND2070.3%
  12. 12BABOO RAM GUPTAIndependent · IND1510.2%
  13. 13KRISHNA SWAROOP CHOPRAIndependent · IND1470.2%
  14. 14RADHEY SHYAMIndependent · IND970.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−1.4%
INC share
58.6% → 66.8%
BJP share
13.2% → 22.8%
Turnout
— → —
423. Mussoorie425. Chakrata
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