Constituency
108. Patnagarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-PATNAGARH
INC 43.1%won by 13.8%IND 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 13.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 91.6% — the field split more ways.
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
52,943
Margin
7,316
13.82%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SUSHIL KUMAR PRUSHTYIndian National Congress · INC22,79243.1%
- 2BIBEKANANDA MEHERIndependent · IND15,47629.2%
- 3AINTHU SAHOOJanata Party · JNP10,19619.3%
- 4CHHELLA MAJHIIndependent · IND1,9563.7%
- 5PRIYARAJ BAGIndependent · IND1,7373.3%
- 6KAJHUCHARAN KUMBHARIndependent · IND7861.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −33.2%
- INC share
- 55.4% → 43.1%
- IND share
- 8.4% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- — → —