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9. Khunta

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-KHUNTA

INC 59.0%won by 35.6%JNPSC 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 35.6%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
37,999
Margin
13,537
35.62%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMESH SORENIndian National Congress · INC22,42159.0%
  2. 2BIRABHADRA SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC8,88423.4%
  3. 3MAHESHWAR NAIKINCU · INCU4,78812.6%
  4. 4KANU CHARAN BESRAIndependent · IND1,3293.5%
  5. 5SUNDAR MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5771.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
−9.3%
INC share
44.9% → 59.0%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 23.4%
Turnout
— → —
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