Constituency
82. Rayagada
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-RAYAGADA
INC 85.4%won by 70.7%JNPSC 14.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.9% to 70.7%.
- New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 14.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
29,867
Margin
21,125
70.73%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ULAKA RAMCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC25,49685.4%
- 2BIDIKA MALANNAJNPSC · JNPSC4,37114.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNPSC swing
- +6.8%
- INC share
- 64.0% → 85.4%
- JNPSC share
- 0.0% → 14.6%
- Turnout
- — → —