Election
Constituency

50. Talcher

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-TALCHER

INC 59.0%won by 17.9%GP 41.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.1% to 17.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
28,220
Margin
5,064
17.94%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCGP swing
−20.2%
INC share
64.1% 59.0%
GP share
26.0% 41.0%
Turnout