Constituency
18. Bhandaripokhari
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-BHANDARIPOKHARI
INC 54.2%won by 19.1%CPI 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 54.2% of the vote here (+28.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.4% — a tighter two-way 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
48,155
Margin
9,186
19.08%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PURUSOTTAM SETHIIndian National Congress · INC26,11254.2%
- 2RATHA KUMAR DASCommunist Party of India · CPI16,92635.1%
- 3GAYADHAR JENAJNPSC · JNPSC1,5873.3%
- 4HAREKRUSHNA JENASUC · SUC1,4843.1%
- 5UTSAB CHARAN JENAINCU · INCU9942.1%
- 6MURALIDHAR MALLIKIndependent · IND7011.5%
- 7KAPILA CHARAN SETHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3510.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +6.9%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 54.2%
- CPI share
- 13.2% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —