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50. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BHUBANESWAR

JNP 69.1%won by 45.0%INC 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 45.0%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 69.1% of the vote here (+69.1%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
62,925
Margin
28,333
45.03%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1BIJU PATNAIKJanata Party · JNP43,49569.1%
  2. 2SATYAPRIYA MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC15,16224.1%
  3. 3ASIS MOHAPATRACommunist Party of India · CPI3,1545.0%
  4. 4RAMESH SWIANIndependent · IND6291.0%
  5. 5SANATAN BEHERAIndependent · IND1870.3%
  6. 6TAPAN KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1800.3%
  7. 7SABITRI MISHRAIndependent · IND1180.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+77.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 69.1%
INC share
32.5% → 24.1%
Turnout
— → —
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