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146. Ramchandrapur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1985

OD-RAMCHANDRAPUR

INC 74.6%won by 61.6%JNP 12.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.7% to 61.6%.

  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 12.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
52,365
Margin
32,280
61.64%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NIRANJAN PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC39,04974.6%
  2. 2PRASANNA KUMAR MAHAPATRAJanata Party · JNP6,76912.9%
  3. 3KHIROD PRASAD SWAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3156.3%
  4. 4DEBAKI RAUTIndependent · IND9951.9%
  5. 5JAYADEV NAIKIndependent · IND8991.7%
  6. 6SALUKHU HEMBRAMIndependent · IND6321.2%
  7. 7KEDARNATH RATHIndependent · IND3360.6%
  8. 8CHANDRA MANI PATRAIndependent · IND2450.5%
  9. 9BHAGIRATHI JENAIndependent · IND1250.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+6.1%
INC share
55.6% → 74.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 12.9%
Turnout
— → —
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