Who won Deodar in the 1985 Assembly election?

VAGHELA MANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Deodar in the 1985 Assembly election with 32,522 votes (52.2% vote share), a margin of 5,716 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

96. Deodar

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1985

GJ-DEODAR

INC 52.2%won by 9.2%IND 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.0% to 9.2%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 66.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

62,317

Margin

5,716

9.17%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC

1VAGHELA MANSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI Indian National Congress · INC32,52252.2%
2PATEL BHEMABHAI RAMSINGHBHAI Independent · IND26,80643.0%
3RAMI DHUDABHAI KANJI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9894.8%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–IND swing: −30.5%
INC share: 48.2% → 52.2%
IND share: 8.6% → 43.0%
Turnout: — → —

95. Vav 97. Kankrej

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