Who won Masturi in the 1985 Assembly election?

BANSHILAL of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Masturi in the 1985 Assembly election with 20,223 votes (65.3% vote share), a margin of 14,444 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

118. Masturi

Community mirror

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-MASTURI

INC 65.3%won by 46.7%IND 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 40.7% to 46.7%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — 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

30,953

Margin

14,444

46.66%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1BANSHILAL Indian National Congress · INC20,22365.3%
2OM PRAKASH GANGOTRI Independent · IND5,77918.7%
3SUKLAL JOGI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,63811.8%
4KRISHNA Independent · IND8122.6%
5GODIL PRASAD Independent · IND5011.6%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–IND swing: −4.7%
INC share: 58.8% → 65.3%
IND share: 7.4% → 18.7%
Turnout: — → —

117. Bilha 119. Sipat

Back to the MP Assembly 1985 explorer