Constituency
17. Simulia
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1967
OD-SIMULIA
PSP 53.8%won by 15.9%SWA 37.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,406
Margin
5,787
15.90%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1U.C.JENAPraja Socialist Party · PSP19,58553.8%
- 2K.C.SETHISwatantra Party · SWA13,79837.9%
- 3B.DASIndian National Congress · INC3,0238.3%
Since 1961
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–SWA swing
- −21.9%
- PSP share
- 37.8% → 53.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 37.9%
- Turnout
- — → —