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47. Athgarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-ATHGARH

INC 84.4%won by 77.3%JNP 7.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 38.6% to 77.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 7.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
54,744
Margin
42,301
77.27%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JANAKI BALLAV PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC46,20084.4%
  2. 2SURYANARAYAN MISHRAJanata Party · JNP3,8997.1%
  3. 3SUBHAS CHANDRA PATTANAYAKCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1635.8%
  4. 4RAJKISHOR MOHANTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1382.1%
  5. 5BALAKRUSHNA BEHERAIndependent · IND3440.6%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+17.6%
INC share
59.7% → 84.4%
JNP share
0.0% → 7.1%
Turnout
— → —
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