Constituency
19. Bhadrak
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-BHADRAK
INC 48.3%won by 9.0%JNP 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.2% to 9.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.3% — 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
72,781
Margin
6,544
8.99%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1JUGAL KISHORE PATTANAYAKIndian National Congress · INC35,18148.3%
- 2NILAMONI ROUTROYJanata Party · JNP28,63739.3%
- 3NIRAKAR JENACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,8816.7%
- 4LAXMI NARAYAN MOHAPATRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2233.1%
- 5S. K. ABUSULTANIndependent · IND9471.3%
- 6PADAN MOHALAIndependent · IND4770.7%
- 7BANWARILAL GUPTAIndependent · IND4350.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −44.9%
- INC share
- 53.9% → 48.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —