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69. Keonjhar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-KEONJHAR

GP 44.2%won by 15.0%INC 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

GP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 15.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.4% of the vote between them, up from 45.6% — 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
10,532
Margin
1,579
14.99%

Candidates

7 contested · winner GP
  1. 1BHANI DEO JANARDANGP · GP4,65744.2%
  2. 2MISRA BIMBADHARIndian National Congress · INC3,07829.2%
  3. 3ROUT BIHMASENIndependent · IND9158.7%
  4. 4MOHAPATRA KRUSHNA CHANDRAIndependent · IND6316.0%
  5. 5DAS AMBIKA PADAIndependent · IND5184.9%
  6. 6MUNDA SADANANDIndependent · IND4053.8%
  7. 7PATNAIK BIRABHADRAIndependent · IND3283.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
GP
Winner now
GP
GP–INC swing
+0.9%
GP share
25.0% → 44.2%
INC share
10.9% → 29.2%
Turnout
— → —
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