Constituency
124. Melchhamunda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-MELCHHAMUNDA
INC 51.6%won by 7.0%JNP 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 7.0%.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — 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
51,940
Margin
3,613
6.96%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1PRAKASHCHANDRA DEBTAIndian National Congress · INC26,79051.6%
- 2MURARIPRASAD MISHRAJanata Party · JNP23,17744.6%
- 3DURJODHAN BARIHAIndependent · IND1,5052.9%
- 4SASHIBHUSAN BHOIIndependent · IND4680.9%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −44.7%
- INC share
- 51.6% → 51.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —