Election
Constituency

59. Khurda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-KHURDA

INC 67.6%won by 42.1%JNP 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 42.1%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.6% — 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
57,625
Margin
24,245
42.07%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JANAKI BALLAV PATTNAIKIndian National Congress · INC38,96667.6%
  2. 2PRAFULA MOHANTYJanata Party · JNP14,72125.5%
  3. 3KRUSHNA CHANDRA JAGADEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1713.8%
  4. 4DASARATHI SETHIIndependent · IND1,5002.6%
  5. 5BANSIDHAR PADHIIndependent · IND2670.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−6.7%
INC share
48.8% → 67.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 25.5%
Turnout
— → —
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