Constituency
74. Gopalpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-GOPALPUR
INC 67.7%won by 38.0%IND 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.7% to 38.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.7% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,979
Margin
20,133
38.00%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GHANA SYAMA BEHEREIndian National Congress · INC35,85167.7%
- 2TRINATH BEHERAIndependent · IND15,71829.7%
- 3UMA CHARAN BEHERABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9791.8%
- 4MARKANDA DASIndependent · IND4310.8%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −36.5%
- INC share
- 74.5% → 67.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —