Election
Constituency

98. Junagarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-JUNAGARH

INC 46.7%won by 30.8%JNPSC 15.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.0% to 30.8%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 15.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.6% between them, down from 73.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
33,611
Margin
10,341
30.77%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHESWAR BARADIndian National Congress · INC15,68646.7%
  2. 2CHAKRADHAR BEHERAJNPSC · JNPSC5,34515.9%
  3. 3BANAMALI NAYAKINCU · INCU5,05815.0%
  4. 4DIBYASANKAR PATRAIndependent · IND3,0929.2%
  5. 5RADHA MOHAN PRADHANIndependent · IND1,4724.4%
  6. 6NARSINGH PANDAIndependent · IND1,2463.7%
  7. 7DIGAMBAR SAHUIndependent · IND7602.3%
  8. 8MAHESWAR NAYAKIndependent · IND6832.0%
  9. 9GUNANIDHI BHOIIndependent · IND2690.8%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
−12.9%
INC share
43.7% → 46.7%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 15.9%
Turnout
— → —
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