Constituency
74. Gopalpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-GOPALPUR
INC 74.5%won by 50.7%JNPSC 23.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 50.7%.
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 92.2% — 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
42,931
Margin
21,766
50.70%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GHANASHYAM BEHERAIndian National Congress · INC31,99874.5%
- 2RAMA CHANDRA SETHYJNPSC · JNPSC10,23223.8%
- 3KANHU CHARAN NAIKINCU · INCU7011.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNPSC swing
- +4.3%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 74.5%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 23.8%
- Turnout
- — → —