Constituency
80. Gunupur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-GUNUPUR
INC 80.6%won by 70.2%JNP 10.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.3% to 70.2%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Janata Party (JNP).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
37,295
Margin
26,174
70.18%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BHAGIRATHI GOMANGOIndian National Congress · INC30,04780.6%
- 2BIJAYA KUMAR GOMANGOJanata Party · JNP3,87310.4%
- 3MINA SABARIndependent · IND3,3759.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +20.2%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 80.6%
- JNP share
- 6.2% → 10.4%
- Turnout
- — → —