Constituency
311. Berhampur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-BERHAMPUR
INC 49.3%won by 3.1%JD 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.7% to 3.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 46.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,32,374
Turnout
50.4%
Valid votes
4,70,315
Margin
14,746
3.14%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GOPINATH GAJPATHI NARAYAN DEOIndian National Congress · INC2,32,08249.3%
- 2SURJYA NARAYAN PATROJanata Dal · JD2,17,33646.2%
- 3BRUNDABAN KHATAIIndependent · IND11,2792.4%
- 4RAMA CHANDRA SAHUIndependent · IND9,6182.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −64.7%
- INC share
- 67.9% → 49.3%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- 48.8% → 50.4%