Constituency
47. Athgarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-ATHGARH
INC 59.7%won by 38.6%JNPSC 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 38.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 29.3% to 59.7% of the vote here (+30.4%).
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 21.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.8% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — 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
51,441
Margin
19,864
38.62%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RASANANDA SAHOOIndian National Congress · INC30,70259.7%
- 2RASMANJARI DEVIJNPSC · JNPSC10,83821.1%
- 3RABI DASINCU · INCU7,86715.3%
- 4BISWANATH RATHIndependent · IND1,7363.4%
- 5PRANABANDHU SENAPATIIndependent · IND2980.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNPSC swing
- +9.4%
- INC share
- 29.3% → 59.7%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —