Who won Baloda Bazar in the 1985 Assembly election?

NARENDRA MISHRA of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Baloda Bazar in the 1985 Assembly election with 26,347 votes (59.6% vote share), a margin of 11,481 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

133. Baloda Bazar

Community mirror

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

MP-BALODA-BAZAR

INC 59.6%won by 26.0%BJP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.2% to 26.0%.

New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.6% — it polled just 1.3% in 1980.
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

—

not in source

Turnout

—

not in source

Valid votes

44,184

Margin

11,481

25.98%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC

1NARENDRA MISHRA Indian National Congress · INC26,34759.6%
2KESHARWANI SATYANARAYAN Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,86633.6%
3MOHANLAL VERMA Independent · IND9112.1%
4TEKRAM VERMA Independent · IND8421.9%
5JASAL KANWAR Independent · IND6321.4%
6ASHARAM Independent · IND4020.9%
7RAMADHAR SAHU Janata Party · JNP1840.4%

Since 1980

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJP swing: −34.5%
INC share: 61.8% → 59.6%
BJP share: 1.3% → 33.6%
Turnout: — → —

132. Bhatapara 134. Palari

Back to the MP Assembly 1985 explorer