Constituency
93. Umarkote
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-UMARKOTE
INC 49.9%won by 20.2%BJP 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 20.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
35,241
Margin
7,136
20.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PORAMA PUJARIIndian National Congress · INC17,60049.9%
- 2PURNA CHANDRA PUJARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,46429.7%
- 3RABISING MAJHIJanata Party · JNP6,49718.4%
- 4DOLOSAYA SAMARATHIndependent · IND3731.1%
- 5LAXMI NARAYAN MAJHIIndependent · IND3070.9%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −33.0%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 49.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —