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85. Koraput

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-KORAPUT

INC 55.8%won by 17.9%BJD 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.9% to 17.9%.

  • New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 86.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
81,762
Margin
14,670
17.94%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TARA PRASAD BAHINIPATIIndian National Congress · INC45,62155.8%
  2. 2ISWAR CHANDRA PANIGRAHIBiju Janata Dal · BJD30,95137.9%
  3. 3DANIEL BAGHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,5781.9%
  4. 4CHITTA RANJAN BADUNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,3561.7%
  5. 5SABITRI BAGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1851.4%
  6. 6SIBA SANKAR KHEMUNDUIndependent · IND5860.7%
  7. 7KASTI TURUKIndependent · IND4850.6%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJD swing
−39.1%
INC share
57.0% → 55.8%
BJD share
0.0% → 37.9%
Turnout
— → —
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