Election
Constituency

14. R. Udaigiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-R-UDAIGIRI

INC 51.8%won by 11.4%IND 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.3% to 11.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
6,241
Margin
713
11.42%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHOYA RAMOIndian National Congress · INC3,23551.8%
  2. 2NAIK GOPINATHIndependent · IND2,52240.4%
  3. 3DOLAI BAINAGP · GP4847.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−42.8%
INC share
68.8% 51.8%
IND share
14.6% 40.4%
Turnout