Election
Constituency

130. Jharsuguda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1980

OD-JHARSUGUDA

INC 58.2%won by 39.5%JNPSC 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.0% to 39.5%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 18.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
45,350
Margin
17,900
39.47%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIRENDRA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC26,37558.2%
  2. 2JHASKETAN SAHUJNPSC · JNPSC8,47518.7%
  3. 3RUSHICHARAN KISANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,11513.5%
  4. 4NARAMADA SANKARIndependent · IND2,1644.8%
  5. 5BAISHANAB LAKRAJKD · JKD7651.7%
  6. 6KUSHASAN JAYAPURIAIndependent · IND5831.3%
  7. 7SAHADAB BUDHIAIndependent · IND4801.1%
  8. 8PRATAP CHANDRA MOHANTYIndependent · IND3930.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
−9.6%
INC share
49.1% → 58.2%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 18.7%
Turnout
— → —
129. Brajarajnagar131. Laikera
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