Constituency
77. Patkura
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1957
OD-PATKURA
INC 38.5%won by 8.5%GP 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.5% to 8.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerGP (GP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 75.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
24,463
Margin
2,082
8.51%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LOKANATH MISRAIndian National Congress · INC9,41938.5%
- 2MADHUSUDAN MOHANTYGP · GP7,33730.0%
- 3GIRDHARI PANDAPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,60222.9%
- 4SRIMATI DASSIndependent · IND2,1058.6%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–GP swing
- −52.1%
- INC share
- 60.6% → 38.5%
- GP share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —