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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-BEGUNIA

INC 47.1%won by 20.1%CPI 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 20.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.1% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
59,961
Margin
12,054
20.10%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC28,23147.1%
  2. 2GANGADHAR PAIKARAYCommunist Party of India · CPI16,17727.0%
  3. 3HARIHAR SAHUIndependent · IND6,61511.0%
  4. 4SITAKANTA BIDHAR MOHAPATRAJanata Party · JNP3,5886.0%
  5. 5BAURI KHATEIIndependent · IND3,0355.1%
  6. 6MIRZA AMZAD ALIINCU · INCU2,3153.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+14.1%
INC share
34.5% → 47.1%
CPI share
28.5% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
59. Khurda61. Ranpur
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