Gobindpur
Assembly constituency 42 (GEN) · Odisha
[01]Result · 1995
#42 · GENAll candidates 7
Turnout 76.3%
Share of 1,52,481 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males895
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 199574.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,14,611Residual 1,667
Seat history 2019–1961
- 2019
8.6 ppJyoti Prakash PanigrahiBiju Janata Dal
- 2014
5.1 ppJyoti Prakash PanigrahiBiju Janata Dal
- 2009
8.2 ppParsuram PanigrahiBiju Janata Dal
- 2004
3.3 ppRabindra Kumar MallickIndian National Congress
- 2000
1.1 ppPanchanan KanungoBiju Janata Dal
- 1995
0.1 ppPanchanan KanungoJanata Dal
- 1990
2.4 ppRabindra Kumar MallickIndependent
- 1985
1.8 ppTrilochan KanungoIndependent
- 1980
7.7 ppAntarjyami PradhanJanata Party (SECULAR) - CH. CHARAN SINGH
- 1977
8.7 ppPanchanan KanungoJanata Party
- 1974
3.2 ppSudhansu Malini RayIndian National Congress
- 1971
18.2 ppSura SethiIndian National Congress
- 1967
3.7 ppS.GenaJan Congress
- 1961
58.9 ppMahananda AchyutanandGantantra Parishad
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 58.9 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed BJP polled 1,473 votes, 17× the 85-vote margin.
1,473 ÷ 85 = 17.3 -
The top two polled 96.3% of votes; the other 5 candidates 2.3% between them.
(56,021 + 55,936) ÷ 1,16,278 = 96.3% · 2,654 ÷ 1,16,278 = 2.3% -
Turnout of 76.3% was 1.9 pp above the state's median seat (74.4%).
76.3 − 74.4 = +1.9 -
The margin narrowed from 2.4 pp in 1990 to 0.1 pp.
0.1 − 2.4 = −2.3 pp -
The seat changed hands: IND in 1990, JD in 1995.
1990 IND · 1995 JD
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines1,14,611
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,16,278
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,667
Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,667, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1995 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1995 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database