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Constituency

141. Bonai

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-BONAI

INC 28.9%won by 1.5%CPM 27.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 1.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,301
Margin
548
1.51%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−15.4%
INC share
34.9% 28.9%
CPM share
18.0% 27.4%
Turnout