Constituency
123. Padampur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-PADAMPUR
INC 64.5%won by 44.1%JNP 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 44.1%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 70.1% — 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
44,587
Margin
19,672
44.12%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SATYABHUSAN SAHUIndian National Congress · INC28,75364.5%
- 2DUKHISHYAM PRADHANJanata Party · JNP9,08120.4%
- 3NANDLAL PRASAD TRIVEDYIndependent · IND6,75315.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- +1.5%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 64.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- — → —