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49. Balipatna

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BALIPATNA

INC 45.9%won by 1.0%JNP 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 1.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.1% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
49,186
Margin
514
1.05%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAGHAB CHANDRA SETHIndian National Congress · INC22,59545.9%
  2. 2HRUSHIKESH NAYAKJanata Party · JNP22,08144.9%
  3. 3GANDHARBA BEHERAIndependent · IND2,3194.7%
  4. 4SARBESWAR BHOIIndependent · IND8711.8%
  5. 5BISWANATH BHOIIndependent · IND5821.2%
  6. 6SARAT DASIndependent · IND5661.2%
  7. 7JNANA RANJAN BEHERAIndependent · IND1720.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−39.5%
INC share
40.5% → 45.9%
JNP share
0.0% → 44.9%
Turnout
— → —
48. Baramba50. Bhubaneswar
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