Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1980

Bissam-Cuttack

Assembly constituency 81 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1980

[01]Result · 1980

#81 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors86,562

Votes polled29,426

Turnout34.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerDambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress21,15276.0% of votes

MARGIN14,465 votes · 49.2 pp21,152 − 6,687

Runner-upBiswanath Choudhury Janata Party (JP)6,68724.0% of votes

INC 76.0% of top-two votesJNP(JP) 24.0%

All candidates 2

01 Dambarudhar UlakaINC21,152 76.0%
02 Biswanath ChoudhuryJNP(JP)6,687 24.0%

Turnout 34.0%

Male 44,10851.0% Female 42,45449.0%

Share of 86,562 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males963
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 198045.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 27,839Residual 1,587

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
5.3 pp
Bhupinder SinghBiju Janata Dal
2014
10.5 pp
Dhaneswar MajhiBiju Janata Dal
2009
20.1 pp
Bhupinder SinghIndian National Congress
2004
12.8 pp
Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
2000
4.0 pp
Sarangadhar KadrakaBiju Janata Dal
1995
30.6 pp
Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
1990
9.8 pp
Sarangdhar KadrakaJanata Dal
1985
42.5 pp
Dambaru Dhar UlakaIndian National Congress
1980
49.2 pp
Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
1977
18.3 pp
Dambarrudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
1974
1.8 pp
Ulaka DambarudharIndian National Congress
1971
31.6 pp
Gangadhar MadiIndian National Congress
1967
23.8 pp
G.MadiIndian National Congress
1961
24.4 pp
Mishra RaghunathGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 49.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 34.0% was 11.8 pp below the state's median seat (45.8%).
34.0 − 45.8 = −11.8
The margin widened from 18.3 pp in 1977 to 49.2 pp.
49.2 − 18.3 = +30.9 pp
INC held the seat it won in 1977.
1977 INC · 1980 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines27,839
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled29,426
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,587

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,587, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1980 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1980 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database