Constituency
37. Balikuda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-BALIKUDA
INC 51.9%won by 9.8%JNP 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 9.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.1% — 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
74,134
Margin
7,234
9.76%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1JYOTISH CHANDRA DASIndian National Congress · INC38,44351.9%
- 2UMESH CHANDRA SWAINJanata Party · JNP31,20942.1%
- 3NIRMAL CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND1,8682.5%
- 4SANJAYA KUMAR MOHANTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2261.7%
- 5BICHIT RANANDA MOHANTYIndependent · IND7601.0%
- 6DHULESWAR NAYAKIndependent · IND4970.7%
- 7ADARSH KUMAR LENKAIndependent · IND1310.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −47.9%
- INC share
- 57.6% → 51.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- — → —