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319. Dhenkanal

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-DHENKANAL

INCI 63.0%won by 45.4%JNPS 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 45.4%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 63.0% of the vote here (+63.0%).
  • New challengerJNPS (JNPS) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 44.8%.

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

Electorate
6,45,017
Turnout
44.8%
Valid votes
2,88,781
Margin
1,31,032
45.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1RAJA KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGH DEO MAHINDRA BAHADURINCI · INCI1,82,03663.0%
  2. 2SUSHIL KUMAR PATNAIKJNPS · JNPS51,00417.7%
  3. 3JOGENDRANATH TRIPATHYJanata Party · JNP31,06610.8%
  4. 4RAJ KISHORE MISRAIndependent · IND9,8033.4%
  5. 5KASHINATH NANDAIndependent · IND7,8232.7%
  6. 6KUMAR DILLESWAR PRADHANIndependent · IND7,0492.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNPS swing
+45.4%
INCI share
0.0% → 63.0%
JNPS share
0.0% → 17.7%
Turnout
42.7% → 44.8%
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