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17. Nilgiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1990

OD-NILGIRI

IND 34.4%won by 0.1%CPM 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 2.4% to 34.4% of the vote here (+32.0%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 60 votes (0.06%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
93,009
Margin
60
0.06%

Candidates

10 contested · winner IND
  1. 1CHITTARANJAN SADANGIIndependent · IND31,97734.4%
  2. 2PRADIPTA KUMAR PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,91734.3%
  3. 3AKSHAYA KUMAR ACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC21,76023.4%
  4. 4BANAMALI DASIndependent · IND3,0443.3%
  5. 5SHYAM SUNDAR MAJHIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,7883.0%
  6. 6ARTA MADHEIIndependent · IND8560.9%
  7. 7RAGHUNATH NAYAKIndependent · IND2230.2%
  8. 8RAM CHANDRA PATRAIndependent · IND1710.2%
  9. 9ASHOK KUMAR MUNDHRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1420.2%
  10. 10PRAHALLADA BEHERAIndependent · IND1310.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–CPM swing
+26.4%
IND share
2.4% → 34.4%
CPM share
28.8% → 34.3%
Turnout
— → —
16. Simulia18. Bhandaripokhari
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