Constituency
166. Khertha
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
MP-KHERTHA
INC 60.5%won by 26.9%BJP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.2% to 26.9%.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,307
Margin
12,979
26.87%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1WASUDEO CHANDRAKARIndian National Congress · INC29,22660.5%
- 2BALMUKUND DEWAGANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,24733.6%
- 3BANSHILAL DESHMUKHIndependent · IND8991.9%
- 4MOHANLAL BHARTIYALKD · LKD7851.6%
- 5PILADAS SAHUIndependent · IND6741.4%
- 6AJIT CHOWDHARIJanata Party · JNP4761.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +5.7%
- INC share
- 57.0% → 60.5%
- BJP share
- 35.8% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —