Constituency
88. Kotpad
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-KOTPAD
INC 72.8%won by 58.0%IND 14.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 49.6% to 58.0%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 14.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- 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
21,342
Margin
12,378
58.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BASUDEV MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC15,53672.8%
- 2DHONOR MAJHIIndependent · IND3,15814.8%
- 3PURUSOTAM CHOUDHURYJanata Party · JNP2,64812.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −11.5%
- INC share
- 69.5% → 72.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 14.8%
- Turnout
- — → —