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Constituency

17. Simulia

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1967

OD-SIMULIA

PSP 53.8%won by 15.9%SWA 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 15.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • PSP vote sharePSP went from 37.8% to 53.8% of the vote here (+16.0%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1961.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,406
Margin
5,787
15.90%

Candidates

3 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1U.C.JENAPraja Socialist Party · PSP19,58553.8%
  2. 2K.C.SETHISwatantra Party · SWA13,79837.9%
  3. 3B.DASIndian National Congress · INC3,0238.3%

Since 1961

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
PSPflipped
PSPSWA swing
−21.9%
PSP share
37.8% 53.8%
SWA share
0.0% 37.9%
Turnout