Election
Constituency

61. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-BHUBANESWAR

INC 78.0%won by 55.9%GP 22.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 55.9%.

  • New challengerGP (GP) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — 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
20,089
Margin
11,235
55.93%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SATYAPRIYA MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC15,66278.0%
  2. 2NARSINGHA MISHRAGP · GP4,42722.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCGP swing
+23.4%
INC share
32.5% 78.0%
GP share
0.0% 22.0%
Turnout