Constituency
66. Bhanjanagar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-BHANJANAGAR
INC 46.5%won by 1.9%IND 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.0% to 46.5% of the vote here (+7.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 97.1% — 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
53,109
Margin
1,013
1.91%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SOMNATH RATHIndian National Congress · INC24,68446.5%
- 2RAMAKRISHNA GOUDAIndependent · IND23,67144.6%
- 3SOMANATH NAIKCommunist Party of India · CPI3,3106.2%
- 4MADHUSUDAN PADHIIndependent · IND8121.5%
- 5DURGA PRASANNA SARANGIIndependent · IND6321.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −34.2%
- INC share
- 39.0% → 46.5%
- IND share
- 2.9% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —