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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BEGUNIA

INC 60.0%won by 42.3%JNP 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.1% to 42.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Janata Party (JNP).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
65,955
Margin
27,871
42.26%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC39,56560.0%
  2. 2HARIHARA SAHOOJanata Party · JNP11,69417.7%
  3. 3GANGADHAR PAIKARAYCommunist Party of India · CPI9,00113.6%
  4. 4BASANT JOYASINGIndependent · IND2,7644.2%
  5. 5GOURANGA CHANDRA MOHAPATRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5492.3%
  6. 6BAURIBANDHU KHATEIIndependent · IND8271.3%
  7. 7BANKANIDHI SUBDHIIndependent · IND3920.6%
  8. 8AMBIKA PRASAD MOHANTYIndependent · IND1630.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+1.2%
INC share
47.1% → 60.0%
JNP share
6.0% → 17.7%
Turnout
— → —
59. Khurda61. Ranpur
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