Election
Constituency

67. Champua

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-CHAMPUA

GP 50.2%won by 19.6%INC 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

GP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 19.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.7% of the vote between them, up from 51.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
10,140
Margin
1,988
19.61%

Candidates

6 contested · winner GP
  1. 1NAIK GURU CHARANGP · GP5,08850.2%
  2. 2NAIK BAIRIGANJANIndian National Congress · INC3,10030.6%
  3. 3NAIK BAIRAGICommunist Party of India · CPI1,06810.5%
  4. 4MUNDA RAGHUNATHIndependent · IND4874.8%
  5. 5NAIK LALMOHANIndependent · IND2142.1%
  6. 6NAIK KALAKARIndependent · IND1831.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
GP
Winner now
GP
GP–INC swing
+3.3%
GP share
30.3% → 50.2%
INC share
14.0% → 30.6%
Turnout
— → —
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