Constituency
116. Dharmasala
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1961
OD-DHARMASALA
INC 50.4%won by 21.0%PSP 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 21.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 52.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,779
Margin
5,414
21.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DUTTA GADADHEPIndian National Congress · INC12,98950.4%
- 2MOHANTY PARMAANDAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,57529.4%
- 3BAL PITAMBARGP · GP5,21520.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +9.0%
- INC share
- 31.4% → 50.4%
- PSP share
- 19.4% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- — → —