Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1985

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Assembly constituency 3 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1985

[01]Result · 1985

#3 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants5

Electors86,509

Votes polled32,793

Turnout37.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBahgey GobardhanJanata Party19,82162.3% of votes

MARGIN11,525 votes · 35.1 pp19,821 − 8,296

Runner-upLaxmi Majhi Indian National Congress8,29626.1% of votes

JNP 70.5% of top-two votesINC 29.5%

All candidates 5

01 Bahgey GobardhanJNP19,821 62.3%
02 Laxmi MajhiINC8,296 26.1%
03 Madhusudan SorenIND2,649 8.3%
04 Gobinda Chandra MurmuBJP545 1.7%
05 Gopinath MarnoyJP486 1.5%

Turnout 37.9%

Male 41,90648.4% Female 44,60351.6%

Share of 86,509 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,064
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 198552.7%
ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 31,797Residual 996

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
5.3 pp
Debesh AcharyaBiju Janata Dal
2014
9.0 pp
Debesh AcharyaBiju Janata Dal
2009
1.7 pp
Sadhu NepakIndian National Congress
2004
1.0 pp
Prahlad PurtyJharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000
2.8 pp
Laxman SorenBharatiya Janata Party
1995
1.6 pp
Khelaram MahaliJammu & Kashmir Panthers Party
1990
3.0 pp
Khelaram MahaliIndependent
1985
35.1 pp
Bahgey GobardhanJanata Party
1980
10.1 pp
Rama Chandra HansdahIndian National Congress
1977
29.9 pp
Sunaram SorenJanata Party
1974
0.7 pp
Sashi Bhusan MarndiIndependent
1971
2.6 pp
Sidhalal MurmuJharkhand Party
1967
27.5 pp
K.C.MajhiSwatantra Party
1961
2.4 pp
Harijan MiruIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 85.7% of votes; the other 3 candidates 11.2% between them.
(19,821 + 8,296) ÷ 32,793 = 85.7% · 3,680 ÷ 32,793 = 11.2%
Turnout of 37.9% was 14.8 pp below the state's median seat (52.7%).
37.9 − 52.7 = −14.8
The margin widened from 10.1 pp in 1980 to 35.1 pp.
35.1 − 10.1 = +25.0 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1980, JNP in 1985.
1980 INC · 1985 JNP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines31,797
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled32,793
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 996

Candidate votes miss the published total by 996, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1985 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1985 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database