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79. Parlakhemundi

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-PARLAKHEMUNDI

INC 47.7%won by 7.3%JNP 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.9% to 47.7% of the vote here (+23.8%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
69,904
Margin
5,131
7.34%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TRINATH SAHUIndian National Congress · INC33,31047.7%
  2. 2DARAPULACHANA NAIDUJanata Party · JNP28,17940.3%
  3. 3JONNA SUBASH CHANDRA RAOCommunist Party of India · CPI6,2869.0%
  4. 4AMARANATH PATROIndependent · IND1,7792.5%
  5. 5SITARAM DAS BABAJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3500.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
−16.6%
INC share
23.9% → 47.7%
JNP share
0.0% → 40.3%
Turnout
— → —
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