Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1985

Kissannagar

Assembly constituency 39 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1985

[01]Result · 1985

#39 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants4

Electors1,02,775

Votes polled61,877

Turnout60.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBatakrishna JenaIndian National Congress30,34149.6% of votes

MARGIN15,300 votes · 24.7 pp30,341 − 15,041

Runner-upBira Kishore Parida Independent15,04124.6% of votes

INC 66.9% of top-two votesIND 33.1%

All candidates 4

01 Batakrishna JenaINC30,341 49.6%
02 Bira Kishore ParidaIND15,041 24.6%
03 Golak Bihari NayakJNP12,897 21.1%
04 Ajit Kumar RoyBJP2,913 4.8%

Turnout 60.2%

Male 54,06152.6% Female 48,71447.4%

Share of 1,02,775 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males901
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 198552.7%
ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 61,192Residual 685

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
2.5 pp
Sudhansu Sekhar ParidaBiju Janata Dal
2014
9.3 pp
Gobinda Chandra DasBharatiya Janata Party
2009
26.1 pp
Sudarshan JenaBiju Janata Dal
2004
21.7 pp
Pratap JenaBiju Janata Dal
2000
18.8 pp
Pratap JenaBiju Janata Dal
1995
1.0 pp
Yudhisthir DasJanata Dal
1990
21.0 pp
Yudhisthir DasJanata Dal
1985
24.7 pp
Batakrishna JenaIndian National Congress
1980
7.5 pp
Surendranath PatnaikIndependent
1977
29.6 pp
Batakrishna JenaJanata Party
1974
11.3 pp
Batakrushna JenaUtkal Congress
1971
5.3 pp
Sarat Kumar KarUtkal Congress
1967
33.0 pp
B.RoyPragati Sheel Party
1961
45.3 pp
Deo AnupsinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 45.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 73.3% of votes; the other 2 candidates 25.6% between them.
(30,341 + 15,041) ÷ 61,877 = 73.3% · 15,810 ÷ 61,877 = 25.6%
Turnout of 60.2% was 7.5 pp above the state's median seat (52.7%).
60.2 − 52.7 = +7.5
The margin widened from 7.5 pp in 1980 to 24.7 pp.
24.7 − 7.5 = +17.2 pp
The seat changed hands: IND in 1980, INC in 1985.
1980 IND · 1985 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines61,192
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled61,877
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 685

Candidate votes miss the published total by 685, 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

Candidates4 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