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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1980

Melchhamunda

Assembly constituency 124 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1980

[01]Result · 1980

#124 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors95,580
Votes polled40,561
Turnout42.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerPrakash Chandra DebataIndian National Congress20,20851.7% of votes
MARGIN13,199 votes · 32.5 pp20,208 − 7,009
Runner-upPurna Chandra Sahu Independent7,00917.9% of votes
INC 74.2% of top-two votesIND 25.8%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Prakash Chandra DebataINC20,208 51.7%
  2. 02 Purna Chandra SahuIND7,009 17.9%
  3. 03 Surendra Kumar SahuJPSCC6,233 15.9%
  4. 04 Chintamani PradhanINC(U)4,798 12.3%
  5. 05 Gourahari KarnalIND880 2.3%

Turnout 42.4%

025507510042.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 45.8%
Male 47,81150.0% Female 47,76950.0%

Share of 95,580 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males999
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 198045.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 39,128Residual 1,433

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    8.1 pp
    Srikanta SahuBiju Janata Dal
  2. 2014
    15.3 pp
    Srikant SahuBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    10.1 pp
    Niranjan PradhanBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2004
    0.2 pp
    Mohammad RafiqueBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2000
    11.1 pp
    Prakash Chandra DebtaIndian National Congress
  6. 1995
    3.8 pp
    Prakash Chandra DebtaIndian National Congress
  7. 1990
    28.4 pp
    Murari Prasad MishraJanata Dal
  8. 1985
    6.8 pp
    Prakashchandra DebtaIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    32.5 pp
    Prakash Chandra DebataIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    23.6 pp
    Birendra Kumar SahooJanata Party
  11. 1974
    18.3 pp
    Prakash Chandra DebtaIndian National Congress
  12. 1971
    12.1 pp
    Kullan BagfJharkhand Party
  13. 1967
    16.8 pp
    K.C.NayakSwatantra Party
  14. 1961
    4.4 pp
    Panigrahi KarunakarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 67.1% of votes; the other 3 candidates 29.4% between them.

    (20,208 + 7,009) ÷ 40,561 = 67.1% · 11,911 ÷ 40,561 = 29.4%

  2. Turnout of 42.4% was 3.4 pp below the state's median seat (45.8%).

    42.4 − 45.8 = −3.4

  3. The margin widened from 23.6 pp in 1977 to 32.5 pp.

    32.5 − 23.6 = +8.9 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: JNP in 1977, INC in 1980.

    1977 JNP · 1980 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines39,128
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled40,561
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,433

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,433, 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

Candidates5 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

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