Constituency
128. Sambalpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1985
OD-SAMBALPUR
INC 59.8%won by 40.4%IND 19.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.2% to 40.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).
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
62,027
Margin
25,080
40.43%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHADHAKAR SOPAKARIndian National Congress · INC37,11359.8%
- 2SURESH PUJHARIIndependent · IND12,03319.4%
- 3JAGISH BAXIIndependent · IND5,7459.3%
- 4PRAMOD DASSJanata Party · JNP4,0826.6%
- 5BASANTKUMAR PAIKIndependent · IND9981.6%
- 6MANGAL SINGHIndependent · IND7951.3%
- 7IITENDAR HARIPALIndependent · IND6511.0%
- 8FAGANU KANDAPANIIndependent · IND6101.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −10.4%
- INC share
- 64.9% → 59.8%
- IND share
- 14.0% → 19.4%
- Turnout
- — → —