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Constituency

7. Baripada

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BARIPADA

INC 54.6%won by 33.1%IND 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 33.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
54,210
Margin
17,928
33.07%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+29.3%
INC share
50.9% 54.6%
IND share
47.2% 21.6%
Turnout