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130. Jharsuguda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-JHARSUGUDA

INC 66.2%won by 43.4%CPI 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 39.5% to 43.4%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.9% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
47,267
Margin
20,537
43.45%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIRENDRA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC31,27966.2%
  2. 2ISWAR NAYAKCommunist Party of India · CPI10,74222.7%
  3. 3ISWARI PRASAD PANDEYJanata Party · JNP2,6375.6%
  4. 4J. CHETTIIndependent · IND6431.4%
  5. 5BIBHUTI CHANDRA BHOIIndependent · IND6131.3%
  6. 6JAGANNATH MISHRAIndependent · IND5641.2%
  7. 7SASHIBHUSAN SAHOOLKD · LKD4561.0%
  8. 8BHUBAN BESANIndependent · IND3330.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−14.7%
INC share
58.2% → 66.2%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.7%
Turnout
— → —
129. Brajarajnagar131. Laikera
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