Constituency
9. Khunta
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-KHUNTA
INC 47.7%won by 13.3%JNP 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.6% to 13.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,123
Margin
6,143
13.32%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BIRAM MURMUIndian National Congress · INC21,97947.7%
- 2BIRABHADRA SINGHJanata Party · JNP15,83634.3%
- 3RASANANDA MAJHIIndependent · IND7,77516.9%
- 4BISWANATH MURMUIndependent · IND5331.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −45.7%
- INC share
- 59.0% → 47.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —