Election
Constituency

76. Chikati

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-CHIKATI

INC 61.7%won by 23.5%JNP 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 29.7% to 61.7% of the vote here (+32.0%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.6% — 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
70,722
Margin
16,606
23.48%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHINTAMANI DAYAN SAMANTARAIndian National Congress · INC43,66461.7%
  2. 2USHA DEVIJanata Party · JNP27,05838.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
−6.3%
INC share
29.7% 61.7%
JNP share
0.0% 38.3%
Turnout