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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 56

ShadipurMetropolitan Council by-election result, 1985

K.Tirath (INC) won Shadipur in the 1985 Metropolitan Council by-election with 65.5% of the vote, beating Mangat Ram (BJP) by 7,213 votes.

197719831985 by-elections

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 56 was Anand Parbat. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 1983. From 1993, seat no. 56 is Adarsh Nagar. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

K.TIRATH(W)
INC
INC 65.4%BJP 33.9%1 other 0.7%
Votes
14,948
65.5% share
Winning margin
7,213
31.6% of votes
Candidates
3

A comfortable win — K.TIRATH(W) won by 31.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
K.TIRATH(W)
INC
INC
14,94865.4%
2
MANGAT RAM
BJP
BJP
7,73533.9%
3
PIYARE LAL
IND
IND
1560.7%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
31.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and BJP took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.84

How did the vote split?

SEAT
65.4%won by INC
INC 65.4%BJP 33.9%Others 0.7%

This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Shadipur, 1977–1983

  1. 1977SUNDERVATI NAVAL PRABHAKAR (INC), margin 4.4%
  2. 1983SUNDERVATI NAVAL PRAVHAKAR (INC), margin 11.1%