Constituency
45. Choudwar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-CHOUDWAR
INC 52.7%won by 17.9%JNPSC 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.6% to 52.7% of the vote here (+17.0%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
59,117
Margin
10,594
17.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KANHU CHARAN LANKAIndian National Congress · INC31,13152.7%
- 2RAJ KISHORE RAMJNPSC · JNPSC20,53734.7%
- 3PRABIR PALITCommunist Party of India · CPI6,29110.6%
- 4FAKIR MOHAN SATPATHYIndependent · IND5130.9%
- 5BINOD KUMAR MISHRAIndependent · IND3370.6%
- 6GOLAKH CHANDRA KARIndependent · IND3080.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- −17.7%
- INC share
- 35.6% → 52.7%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —