Constituency
20. Dhamnagar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-DHAMNAGAR
INC 50.0%won by 8.4%JNP 41.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.1% to 8.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.6% — 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
70,477
Margin
5,888
8.35%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1JAGANNATH ROUTIndian National Congress · INC35,23850.0%
- 2HRUDANANDA MULIKJanata Party · JNP29,35041.6%
- 3MONMOHAN SAMALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,5645.1%
- 4BHASKAR CHANDRA SAMALIndependent · IND2,2053.1%
- 5ADHIKANDA PRADHANIndependent · IND1200.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −52.9%
- INC share
- 61.2% → 50.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- — → —