Constituency
101. Kesinga
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-KESINGA
INC 51.6%won by 6.7%JNP 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 6.7%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
49,048
Margin
3,288
6.70%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BHUPINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC25,31451.6%
- 2KIRANCHANDRA SINGH DEOJanata Party · JNP22,02644.9%
- 3HARI PRASALKD · LKD1,7083.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −43.0%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 51.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → —