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Constituency

17. Nilgiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-NILGIRI

INC 41.8%won by 13.0%CPM 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 13.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
65,265
Margin
8,503
13.03%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKUMAR NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC27,29941.8%
  2. 2PRADIPTA KUMAR PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,79628.8%
  3. 3CHITTARANJAN SADANGIJanata Party · JNP15,60423.9%
  4. 4PURNACHANDRA PANDAIndependent · IND1,5852.4%
  5. 5GURA TAUDUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,2341.9%
  6. 6KRUTIBAS PANIGRAHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7471.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+4.2%
INC share
43.4% → 41.8%
CPM share
34.6% → 28.8%
Turnout
— → —
16. Simulia18. Bhandaripokhari
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