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302. Balasore

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BALASORE

INCI 59.1%won by 36.1%JNP 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 36.1%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 59.1% of the vote here (+59.1%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 57.5%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
6,73,732
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
3,87,626
Margin
1,39,889
36.09%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1CHINTAMANI JENAINCI · INCI2,29,04059.1%
  2. 2SAMARENDRA KUNDUJanata Party · JNP89,15123.0%
  3. 3KAMINI KANTA PATNAYAKJNPS · JNPS43,82011.3%
  4. 4PRASANNA KUMAR PAULINCU · INCU10,7182.8%
  5. 5PADMALOCHAN MAHANTAJKD · JKD9,1622.4%
  6. 6RAMANATH PATRAIndependent · IND2,9760.8%
  7. 7KAMALINI PATRAIndependent · IND2,7590.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+36.1%
INCI share
0.0% → 59.1%
JNP share
0.0% → 23.0%
Turnout
55.4% → 57.5%
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