Constituency
124. Melchhamunda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1980
OD-MELCHHAMUNDA
INC 51.6%won by 33.7%IND 17.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.4% to 51.6% of the vote here (+16.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
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
39,128
Margin
13,199
33.73%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PRAKASH CHANDRA DEBATAIndian National Congress · INC20,20851.6%
- 2PURNA CHANDRA SAHUIndependent · IND7,00917.9%
- 3SURENDRA KUMAR SAHUJNPSC · JNPSC6,23315.9%
- 4CHINTAMANI PRADHANINCU · INCU4,79812.3%
- 5GOURAHARI KARNALIndependent · IND8802.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +3.3%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 51.6%
- IND share
- 4.9% → 17.9%
- Turnout
- — → —