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124. Melchhamunda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1995

OD-MELCHHAMUNDA

INC 32.9%won by 3.9%JD 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.9% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,05,321
Margin
4,080
3.87%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRAKASH CHANDRA DEBTAIndian National Congress · INC34,61632.9%
  2. 2MURARI PRASAD MISHRAJanata Dal · JD30,53629.0%
  3. 3MAHAMMAD RAFIQUEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,40217.5%
  4. 4THAKUR SAHUIndependent · IND5,3555.1%
  5. 5HARADHAN BHOIIndependent · IND4,5924.4%
  6. 6BHAKTABANDHU DASHIndependent · IND3,8073.6%
  7. 7PARAGA SAHUIndependent · IND1,4641.4%
  8. 8DAMBARUDHAR BEHERAIndependent · IND1,4421.4%
  9. 9HARIHAR DASHSJPR · SJPR1,2271.2%
  10. 10KAUSHIK NAIKIndependent · IND1,1911.1%
  11. 11PRATAP TANDIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0761.0%
  12. 12SHASHI BHOIIndependent · IND8140.8%
  13. 13MANMOHAN TANDIIndependent · IND3410.3%
  14. 14MINAKETAN SETHIndependent · IND2470.2%
  15. 15LOKAMANI SAHUIndependent · IND2110.2%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JD swing
+33.0%
INC share
33.2% → 32.9%
JD share
62.3% → 29.0%
Turnout
— → —
123. Padampur125. Bijepur
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