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114. Birmaharajpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BIRMAHARAJPUR

INC 38.5%won by 12.0%IND 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 12.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 79.4% — the field split more ways.

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
50,410
Margin
6,056
12.01%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARTIKA PRASAD TARIAIndian National Congress · INC19,43038.5%
  2. 2RABINDRAYAN PANIGRAHIIndependent · IND13,37426.5%
  3. 3SURENDRA PRADHANJanata Party · JNP11,12322.1%
  4. 4SANJEEB KUMAR SAHOOIndependent · IND2,9245.8%
  5. 5ANIL KALAYATIndependent · IND1,4392.9%
  6. 6SANAT KUMAR PANIGRAHIICS · ICS1,2272.4%
  7. 7BASUDEV PRADHANIndependent · IND6311.3%
  8. 8ANANDA CH. BEHERAIndependent · IND2620.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−36.3%
INC share
48.3% → 38.5%
IND share
0.0% → 26.5%
Turnout
— → —
113. Binka115. Athmallik
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