Who won Basna in the 1985 Assembly election?

MAHENDRA BAHADUR SINGH of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Basna in the 1985 Assembly election with 17,927 votes (68.5% vote share), a margin of 11,131 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

138. Basna

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BASNA

INC 68.5%won by 42.5%BJP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.1% to 42.5%.

Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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

26,163

Margin

11,131

42.54%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1MAHENDRA BAHADUR SINGH Indian National Congress · INC17,92768.5%
2ABDUL GAFFAR KHERANI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,79626.0%
3UMRAO SINGH THAKUR Independent · IND9133.5%
4THAKURSINGH DIWAN ADIWASI Independent · IND5272.0%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJP swing: +12.5%
INC share: 60.2% → 68.5%
BJP share: 30.1% → 26.0%
Turnout: — → —

137. Saraipali 139. Khallari

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