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Constituency

72. Chatrapur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-CHATRAPUR

INC 47.8%won by 11.5%CPI 36.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 29.1% to 47.8% of the vote here (+18.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
58,668
Margin
6,747
11.50%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+29.9%
INC share
29.1% 47.8%
CPI share
47.4% 36.3%
Turnout