Constituency
53. Nimapara
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-NIMAPARA
INC 40.2%won by 9.5%JNP 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 9.5%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.9% between them, down from 78.4% — 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
70,037
Margin
6,633
9.47%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RABINDRA KUMAR SETHYIndian National Congress · INC28,14340.2%
- 2BENUDHAR SETHYJanata Party · JNP21,51030.7%
- 3BRAHMANANDA MALLIKCommunist Party of India · CPI11,11015.9%
- 4CHARAN BHOIIndependent · IND5,4507.8%
- 5MADHAB MALLIKIndependent · IND2,0953.0%
- 6ASHOK KUMAR SETHILKD · LKD1,4022.0%
- 7SANKAR SETHIIndependent · IND3270.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −32.5%
- INC share
- 42.0% → 40.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —