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124. Melchhamunda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-MELCHHAMUNDA

INC 45.5%won by 11.2%IND 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 11.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 61.9% — 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
99,840
Margin
11,161
11.18%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRAKASH CHANDRA DEBTAIndian National Congress · INC45,39945.5%
  2. 2MURARI PRASAD MISHRAIndependent · IND34,23834.3%
  3. 3SIRISH KUMAR BOHIDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,89217.9%
  4. 4BHAGABANA PRADHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0412.0%
  5. 5SASI BHUSAN BHOIBBM · BBM1820.2%
  6. 6THAKUR SAHUJanata Dal (United) · JDU880.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−16.6%
INC share
32.9% → 45.5%
IND share
5.1% → 34.3%
Turnout
— → —
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