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122. Talcher

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-TALCHER

BJP 52.4%won by 29.2%INC 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.1% to 29.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.7% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party 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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Valid votes
1,11,905
Margin
32,631
29.16%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MAHESH SAHOOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,68652.4%
  2. 2ARJUN BEHERAIndian National Congress · INC26,05523.3%
  3. 3AKRURA SAHOOJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS21,04818.8%
  4. 4BANSHIDHAR NAIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,1204.6%
  5. 5PADMA CHARAN NAYAKSJPR · SJPR6470.6%
  6. 6PRAMODA CHANDRA BEHERAIndependent · IND3490.3%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+10.0%
BJP share
36.9% → 52.4%
INC share
17.7% → 23.3%
Turnout
— → —
121. Pallahara123. Padampur
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