EElectionLens
Constituency

97. Koksara

Community mirror

Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-KOKSARA

INC 42.6%won by 15.7%JNP 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.5% to 15.7%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
37,012
Margin
5,802
15.68%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAHAS BIHARI BEHERAIndian National Congress · INC15,77342.6%
  2. 2SURENDRA KUMAR PATTAJOSHIJanata Party · JNP9,97126.9%
  3. 3KRUTIBAS PUJHARIIndependent · IND6,04716.3%
  4. 4JUGAL KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND2,0525.5%
  5. 5TRILOCHAN NAIKIndependent · IND1,2573.4%
  6. 6BISWANATH AGRAWALIndependent · IND9972.7%
  7. 7RANSAI NAIKIndependent · IND4711.3%
  8. 8SURENDRA KUMAR BISIIndependent · IND4441.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
−24.0%
INC share
39.7% → 42.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 26.9%
Turnout
— → —
96. Dharamgarh98. Junagarh
Back to the OD Assembly 1985 explorer