Constituency
25. Bhanjanagar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1961
OD-BHANJANAGAR
INC 68.6%won by 48.7%CPI 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 48.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.7% to 68.6% of the vote here (+44.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 52.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
26,117
Margin
12,706
48.65%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1PRADHAN MAGUNICHARANIndian National Congress · INC17,91068.6%
- 2MAHANTY SADANANDACommunist Party of India · CPI5,20419.9%
- 3PATRA BHA GIRATHI CHINAMGP · GP1,8106.9%
- 4PADHY MADHUSUDANIndependent · IND1,1934.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +51.4%
- INC share
- 23.7% → 68.6%
- CPI share
- 26.4% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- — → —