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Constituency

91. Basta

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1957

OD-BASTA

INC 48.6%won by 16.5%PSP 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 57.4% to 16.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
22,430
Margin
3,698
16.49%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−62.2%
INC share
78.7% 48.6%
PSP share
0.0% 32.2%
Turnout