Election
Constituency

96. Dharamgarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-DHARAMGARH

INC 61.5%won by 35.0%JNP 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.9% to 35.0%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — 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
27,717
Margin
9,710
35.03%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JUGARAM BEHERAIndian National Congress · INC17,03361.5%
  2. 2PANCHANANA SINDHURJanata Party · JNP7,32326.4%
  3. 3BISHNU PRASAD DHANGADA MAJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4945.4%
  4. 4PANDARU BAGIndependent · IND1,1084.0%
  5. 5BHANU JALIndependent · IND7592.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−16.8%
INC share
51.8% → 61.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 26.4%
Turnout
— → —
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