Election
Constituency

66. Bhanjanagar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BHANJANAGAR

INC 57.4%won by 20.1%JNP 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 20.1%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.

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
56,148
Margin
11,299
20.12%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMAKANTA MISRAIndian National Congress · INC32,24757.4%
  2. 2RAMAKRUSHNA GAUDAJanata Party · JNP20,94837.3%
  3. 3GOPALA BISOYIIndependent · IND9211.6%
  4. 4SIVANANDA TRIPATHYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7821.4%
  5. 5S. A. Z. ADENIIndependent · IND6371.1%
  6. 6TRILOCHAN PRADHANIndependent · IND6131.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−26.4%
INC share
46.5% → 57.4%
JNP share
0.0% → 37.3%
Turnout
— → —
65. Jaganathprasad67. Suruda
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