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state assembly / GENERAL ELECTION

SIMULIA · 1985

Odisha · Constituency 16

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 9 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1PADAMALOCHAN PANDAINC24,23146.94%
2PARSURAM PANIGRAHIJNP16,77232.49%
3PURNA CHANDRA PANDACPI6,37112.34%
4HAREKRUSHNA DASHBJP2,4604.77%
5RADHAKANTA BISWALIND7321.42%
6BHASKAR DASIND5751.11%
7SAROJ BIHARI MOHANTYIND1830.35%
8LAXMIDHAR BEHERAIND1780.34%
9SADHU CHARAN MOHAPATRAIND1180.23%

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Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source51,620
Electors in source99,473

Boundary identifier: 3 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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