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Constituency

8. Baisinga

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BAISINGA

INC 67.9%won by 47.7%CPM 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.9% to 47.7%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
40,115
Margin
19,117
47.66%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+22.7%
INC share
59.4% 67.9%
CPM share
34.5% 20.3%
Turnout