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73. Salepur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-SALEPUR

PSP 25.2%won by 2.2%INC 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 2.2%.

  • PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 25.2% of the vote here (+25.2%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,12,386
Margin
2,431
2.16%

Candidates

8 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1PRADIPTA KISHORE DASPraja Socialist Party · PSP28,30625.2%
  2. 2SURENDRANATH PATTANAIKIndian National Congress · INC25,87523.0%
  3. 3BAIDHAR BEHERA (SC)Praja Socialist Party · PSP22,99120.5%
  4. 4NIRANJAN JENA (SC)Indian National Congress · INC21,46219.1%
  5. 5ABDUL MUTALIPIndependent · IND4,8394.3%
  6. 6KHETRAMOHAN SWAINIndependent · IND3,1992.8%
  7. 7BHAGIRATHI MISHRAGP · GP2,9222.6%
  8. 8ARJUNA SAMAL (SC)GP · GP2,7922.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
PSPflipped
PSP–INC swing
+28.2%
PSP share
0.0% → 25.2%
INC share
26.0% → 23.0%
Turnout
— → —
72. Jagatsinghpur74. Balikuda
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