Winner, Votes & Party Details
Orissa Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Kalahandi Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1980 Results: Rasabehari Behara of INC(I) won with 1,27,413 votes, defeating Pratap Keshari Deo of JNP, who received 81,786 votes. Rasabehari Behara won by a margin of 45,627 votes, equivalent to 18.32% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 2,49,063.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
INC(I)
1,27,413
51.16%
JNP
81,786
32.84%
JNP(S)
25,071
10.07%
IND
14,793
5.94%