Constituency
26. Dharamsala
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-DHARAMSALA
INC 48.6%won by 11.3%JNP 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 18.6% to 48.6% of the vote here (+30.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 53.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
65,014
Margin
7,363
11.33%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1KANGALI CHARAN PANDAIndian National Congress · INC31,59048.6%
- 2GURU CHANRAN TIKAYATJanata Party · JNP24,22737.3%
- 3BAIRAGI BISWALIndependent · IND3,5305.4%
- 4KALPATARU DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0783.2%
- 5DURGA PRASANA DASLKD · LKD1,5482.4%
- 6KALAKARA MAHANTYIndependent · IND1,0641.6%
- 7SUSANTA PATNAIKIndependent · IND7051.1%
- 8BRAJABANDHU BEHERAIndependent · IND2720.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −7.2%
- INC share
- 18.6% → 48.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- — → —