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9. Gunupur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-GUNUPUR

INC 29.1%won by 6.2%INC 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: GP (GP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 29.1% of the vote here (+29.1%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.1% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,678
Margin
2,398
6.20%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NARASIMHO PATROIndian National Congress · INC11,26829.1%
  2. 2SANYASI CHARAN PIDIKAKA (ST)Indian National Congress · INC8,87022.9%
  3. 3MADAN MOHAN PATROGP · GP7,00518.1%
  4. 4BISWANATH GOMANGO (ST)GP · GP5,93615.3%
  5. 5D. B. M. PATNAIKCommunist Party of India · CPI3,6589.5%
  6. 6PURNO CHANDRO GOMANGO (ST)Communist Party of India · CPI1,9415.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
GP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
0.0% → 29.1%
INC share
0.0% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
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