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107. Kantabanji

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-KANTABANJI

INC 54.8%won by 30.1%IND 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 30.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
30,725
Margin
9,254
30.12%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRASANNA KUMAR PALIndian National Congress · INC16,85054.8%
  2. 2NITYANANDA SAHUIndependent · IND7,59624.7%
  3. 3TAPI CHARAN SAHOOJNPSC · JNPSC2,9949.7%
  4. 4MAHADEB MAJHIIndependent · IND1,7885.8%
  5. 5KHUSIRAM MEHERIndependent · IND7362.4%
  6. 6CHITTARANJAN KUMARIndependent · IND3911.3%
  7. 7MURALIDHAR ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3701.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−6.6%
INC share
42.3% → 54.8%
IND share
5.6% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
106. Titilagarh108. Patnagarh
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