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4. Rairangpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-RAIRANGPUR

INC 50.8%won by 30.8%BJP 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 30.8%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 20.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
34,163
Margin
10,529
30.82%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHABENDRA NATH MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC17,36950.8%
  2. 2SUDARSHAN MURMUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,84020.0%
  3. 3SASHIBHUSHAN MARNDIJanata Party · JNP6,83520.0%
  4. 4BRAJA MOHAN HANSOAHIndependent · IND2,4597.2%
  5. 5JAYGOBINDA HEMBRAMJKD · JKD6601.9%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−14.7%
INC share
45.5% → 50.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 20.0%
Turnout
— → —
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