Election
Constituency

77. Patkura

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-PATKURA

INC 38.5%won by 8.5%GP 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
24,463
Margin
2,082
8.51%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCGP swing
−52.1%
INC share
60.6% 38.5%
GP share
0.0% 30.0%
Turnout