Election
Constituency

57. Brahmagiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BRAHMAGIRI

INC 46.8%won by 15.3%JNP 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 15.0% to 15.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
65,387
Margin
9,981
15.26%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GANGADHAR MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC30,59146.8%
  2. 2AJAYA KUMAR JENAJanata Party · JNP20,61031.5%
  3. 3KSHITISH CHANDRA BISWALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,16912.5%
  4. 4SURENDRANATH JENABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,6117.1%
  5. 5DURGA CHARAN KHUNTIAIndependent · IND7401.1%
  6. 6KRUSHNA CHANDRA JAGDEBIndependent · IND6661.0%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−21.6%
INC share
36.9% → 46.8%
JNP share
0.0% → 31.5%
Turnout
— → —
56. Puri58. Chilka
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