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26. Dharamsala

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-DHARAMSALA

IND 28.7%won by 3.9%JNPSC 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 3.9%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 2.3% to 28.7% of the vote here (+26.4%).
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.4% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.

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
54,327
Margin
2,132
3.92%

Candidates

8 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KANGALI PANDAIndependent · IND15,58228.7%
  2. 2GURU CHARAN TIKAYATJNPSC · JNPSC13,45024.8%
  3. 3BANKA BEHARI DASINCU · INCU11,18220.6%
  4. 4NATABAR BALIndian National Congress · INC10,07818.6%
  5. 5GOKULANANDA ROUTIndependent · IND2,5404.7%
  6. 6NARENDRA BEHERAIndependent · IND7061.3%
  7. 7DURGA PRASANNA DASHIndependent · IND7051.3%
  8. 8RABINDRA DASHIndependent · IND840.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–JNPSC swing
+1.6%
IND share
2.3% → 28.7%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
— → —
25. Jajpur27. Barchana
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