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129. Brajarajnagar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-BRAJARAJNAGAR

INC 54.6%won by 18.8%CPI 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.0% to 18.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — a tighter two-way 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
45,450
Margin
8,538
18.79%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UPENDRA DIXITIndian National Congress · INC24,81554.6%
  2. 2PRASANNA KUMAR PANDACommunist Party of India · CPI16,27735.8%
  3. 3RAMACHANDRA MOHAPATRAJNPSC · JNPSC1,6293.6%
  4. 4BALARAM PRADHANIndependent · IND1,4373.2%
  5. 5LALA RAGHUNANDAN SAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8481.9%
  6. 6PANDIT JAGADISH GARGAGEIndependent · IND4441.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+9.1%
INC share
32.6% → 54.6%
CPI share
22.9% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
128. Sambalpur130. Jharsuguda
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