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96. Dharamgarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1995

OD-DHARAMGARH

JD 31.6%won by 1.2%SJPR 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSJPR (SJPR) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.1% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
92,607
Margin
1,139
1.23%

Candidates

9 contested · winner JD
  1. 1BIRA SIPKAJanata Dal · JD29,30231.6%
  2. 2BHAKTA CHARAN DASSJPR · SJPR28,16330.4%
  3. 3CHHABILAL NAGIndian National Congress · INC22,97024.8%
  4. 4BHAGYABAN SAGARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,5077.0%
  5. 5DINABANDHU JALIndependent · IND3,1273.4%
  6. 6DURYODHAN HARIJANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6391.8%
  7. 7GOKHARA MAHANANDIndependent · IND6890.7%
  8. 8KESHARI MANGARAJIndependent · IND1160.1%
  9. 9SABAR SUNANIIndependent · IND940.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–SJPR swing
−53.4%
JD share
54.7% → 31.6%
SJPR share
0.0% → 30.4%
Turnout
— → —
95. Khariar97. Koksara
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