Constituency
29. Binjharpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-BINJHARPUR
INC 45.1%won by 7.4%JNP 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 7.4%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.7% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.
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
49,258
Margin
3,634
7.38%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NABAKISHORE MALLICKIndian National Congress · INC22,19545.1%
- 2RAMA CHANDRA MALLICKJanata Party · JNP18,56137.7%
- 3SURENDRA MALLICKIndependent · IND6,62213.4%
- 4DUSASANA MALLICKIndependent · IND1,8803.8%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −40.4%
- INC share
- 47.8% → 45.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —