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Constituency

88. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-BHUBANESWAR

INC 61.8%won by 41.1%CPI 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.9% to 41.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,790
Margin
10,999
41.06%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−36.9%
INC share
78.0% 61.8%
CPI share
0.0% 20.7%
Turnout