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Constituency

85. Koraput

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-KORAPUT

INC 54.2%won by 15.3%JNP 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.3% to 15.3%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 84.8% — 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
33,231
Margin
5,092
15.32%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NRUSHIMANANDA BRAHMAIndian National Congress · INC18,02454.2%
  2. 2HARISH CHANDRA BAXI PATRAJanata Party · JNP12,93238.9%
  3. 3RAMESCHANDRA PANIGRAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2773.8%
  4. 4DAYANIDHI PATRA KULDIPIndependent · IND8382.5%
  5. 5LAXMAN NAIKIndependent · IND1600.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−32.2%
INC share
47.5% → 54.2%
JNP share
0.0% → 38.9%
Turnout
— → —
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