Constituency
49. Sonepur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1961
OD-SONEPUR
GP 58.7%won by 25.3%INC 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedGP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.3% to 25.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.1% of the vote between them, up from 61.0% — 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
10,162
Margin
2,572
25.31%
Candidates
3 contested · winner GP- 1GANDA DAULATAGP · GP5,96858.7%
- 2NAIK KRUPASINDHUIndian National Congress · INC3,39633.4%
- 3CHAMAR GOPIIndependent · IND7987.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- GP
- Winner now
- GP
- GP–INC swing
- +3.9%
- GP share
- 33.2% → 58.7%
- INC share
- 11.7% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- — → —