Election
Constituency

122. Talcher

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-TALCHER

JNP 50.1%won by 2.2%INC 47.9%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.9% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
40,385
Margin
890
2.20%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNPINC swing
−50.7%
JNP share
71.1% 50.1%
INC share
18.2% 47.9%
Turnout