Constituency
62. Sundergarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1961
OD-SUNDERGARH
GP 56.7%won by 25.9%INC 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedGP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 25.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — 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
25,034
Margin
6,495
25.94%
Candidates
5 contested · winner GP- 1PATEL HARIHARGP · GP14,20456.7%
- 2NAIK KRUPANIDHIIndian National Congress · INC7,70930.8%
- 3KUSUM DWAKANATHIndependent · IND1,3865.5%
- 4PATEL RAMCHARANPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1754.7%
- 5KISAN DASARUJanahitha Paksha · JP5602.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- GP
- Winner now
- GP
- GP–INC swing
- +4.4%
- GP share
- 36.1% → 56.7%
- INC share
- 14.6% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —