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Constituency

58. Chilka

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-CHILKA

INC 50.1%won by 13.6%BJP 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.9% to 50.1% of the vote here (+23.3%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,557
Margin
8,090
13.58%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
−13.3%
INC share
26.9% 50.1%
BJP share
0.0% 36.6%
Turnout