Constituency
72. Chatrapur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-CHATRAPUR
CPI 47.4%won by 18.4%INC 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 18.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 85.4% — 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
50,861
Margin
9,335
18.35%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1BISWANATH SAHUCommunist Party of India · CPI24,12547.4%
- 2RANKANIDHI PATRAIndian National Congress · INC14,79029.1%
- 3DAITARI BEHERAJNPSC · JNPSC11,94623.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −24.3%
- CPI share
- 46.9% → 47.4%
- INC share
- 4.3% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- — → —