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Constituency

137. Bahalda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-BAHALDA

INC 53.0%won by 29.2%GP 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.4% to 53.0% of the vote here (+26.6%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
19,988
Margin
5,843
29.23%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOREN SUNARAMIndian National Congress · INC10,60253.0%
  2. 2MAJHEE MAHINDRAGP · GP4,75923.8%
  3. 3TRIYA HARDEVJanahitha Paksha · JP4,62723.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCGP swing
+31.0%
INC share
26.4% 53.0%
GP share
28.2% 23.8%
Turnout