Analysis · side by side

The states, ranked

Lok Sabha 1985. 3 states and union territories, 28 seats, ranked side by side.

States compared

1985 · 28 seats in total

Highest turnout

73.96%

Assam

Lowest turnout

64.57%

Punjab

Closest contests

9.55%

Assam · median margin

Most crowded ballot

7.6

Assam · candidates per seat

[01]Turnout

Votes as a share of electors · 1985

Assam 73.96%14 seats

Punjab 64.57%13 seats

Median winning margin · closest first

Assam 9.55%14 seats

Punjab 12.15%13 seats

How crowded the ballot paper was

Assam 7.6106 candidates

Punjab 5.774 candidates

Sikkim 1.01 candidates

Effective number of parties by vote share · most fragmented first

Punjab 3.12 of 7 parties won

Assam 2.64 of 9 parties won

Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote

Assam 70.76%75 of 106

Punjab 59.46%44 of 74

Sikkim 0.0%0 of 1

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary

Turnout ranged from 73.96% in Assam to 64.57% in Punjab — a spread of 9.39 points.
73.96 - 64.57 across 2 states
Assam was the hardest fought: its middle seat was won by 9.55%, against 12.15% in Punjab.
median winning margin, 14 seats against 13
Assam had the most crowded ballot at 7.6 candidates a seat, and 70.76% of them lost their deposit.
106 candidates over 14 seats
1 state or UT returned a clean sweep — every seat went to a single party.
1 of 3 scopes with PartiesWon = 1