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124. Soro

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-SORO

INC 27.8%won by 4.4%CPI 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.0% to 4.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.2% between them, down from 65.7% — the field split more ways.

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
27,702
Margin
1,221
4.41%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PANIGRAHI KARUNAKARIndian National Congress · INC7,70927.8%
  2. 2DAS GAJENDRA PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI6,48823.4%
  3. 3DAS MOHAPATRA JADUNATHIndependent · IND6,41323.1%
  4. 4PRADHAN UPENDRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,49119.8%
  5. 5PANDA PITAMBARGP · GP1,6015.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−32.9%
INC share
37.3% → 27.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 23.4%
Turnout
— → —
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