Constituency
78. Rajnagar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1957
OD-RAJNAGAR
IND 39.6%won by 6.4%CPI 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% between them, down from 82.0% — 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
27,396
Margin
1,758
6.42%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1ANANTA CHARAN TRIPATHYIndependent · IND10,85839.6%
- 2PADMA CHARAN NAIKCommunist Party of India · CPI9,10033.2%
- 3SARASWATI DEBIIndian National Congress · INC7,43827.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPI swing
- −31.7%
- IND share
- 38.1% → 39.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- — → —