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47. Keonjhar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-KEONJHAR

GP 25.0%won by 4.3%IND 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to GP (GP), which now leads by 4.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.6% between them, down from 80.2% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered6 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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Valid votes
39,930
Margin
1,732
4.34%

Candidates

10 contested · winner GP
  1. 1JANARDAN BHANJ DEOGP · GP9,97125.0%
  2. 2KRUSHNA CHANDRA MAHAPATRA (ST)Independent · IND8,23920.6%
  3. 3GOVINDA MUNDA (ST)GP · GP7,22518.1%
  4. 4BANSHIDHAR PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC4,34910.9%
  5. 5HARIHAR SOREN (ST)Indian National Congress · INC2,9747.4%
  6. 6KANGALI CHARAN PANDAIndependent · IND2,3906.0%
  7. 7PARGANA MUNDAIndependent · IND1,5673.9%
  8. 8KARUNAKAR PADHANIndependent · IND1,4603.7%
  9. 9DAUCH HO (ST)Independent · IND9052.3%
  10. 10SHYAMSUNDAR GIRI (ST)Independent · IND8502.1%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
GPflipped
GP–IND swing
+35.9%
GP share
24.3% → 25.0%
IND share
55.9% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
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