Election
Constituency

15. Soro

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1995

OD-SORO

INC 62.6%won by 46.1%CPI 16.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 46.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.0% between them, down from 90.0% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,16,758
Margin
53,853
46.12%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARTIK MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC73,05562.6%
  2. 2BIRENDRA BISWALCommunist Party of India · CPI19,20216.4%
  3. 3MAHENDRA PATRAJanata Dal · JD15,90813.6%
  4. 4PRAVAKAR SAHUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,8443.3%
  5. 5PITAMBAR PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,4862.1%
  6. 6AJIT DAS MOHAPATRASJPR · SJPR8340.7%
  7. 7NIRANJAN JENAIndependent · IND4440.4%
  8. 8GAJENDRA UPADHYAIndependent · IND4430.4%
  9. 9BAIRAGI CHARAN PANDAIndependent · IND2820.2%
  10. 10BINOD JENAPSSS · PSSS2600.2%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+39.4%
INC share
48.3% → 62.6%
CPI share
41.7% → 16.4%
Turnout
— → —
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