Election
Constituency

95. Ambikapur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-AMBIKAPUR

INC 71.1%won by 56.1%BJP 15.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 60.3% to 56.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.2% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.

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
38,314
Margin
21,492
56.09%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−4.3%
INC share
78.5% → 71.1%
BJP share
18.1% → 15.0%
Turnout
— → —