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52. Bargarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-BARGARH

IND 34.3%won by 5.5%INC 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: GP (GP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 5.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 7.6% to 34.3% of the vote here (+26.8%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.2% of the vote between them, up from 36.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
17,784
Margin
972
5.47%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1PADHAN GANANATHIndependent · IND6,10634.3%
  2. 2HOTA BHARATCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC5,13428.9%
  3. 3KAR DINABANDHUGP · GP3,29018.5%
  4. 4MISRA CHATURBHUJIndependent · IND1,5178.5%
  5. 5BHESRA DURJODHANIndependent · IND9085.1%
  6. 6BHOSAGAR BRUSABHANUIndependent · IND8294.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
GP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+13.4%
IND share
7.6% → 34.3%
INC share
15.5% → 28.9%
Turnout
— → —
51. Padampur53. Bijepur
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