Constituency
56. Begunia
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1967
OD-BEGUNIA
CPI 45.7%won by 2.7%INC 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,574
Margin
1,179
2.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1G.PAIKARAYCommunist Party of India · CPI19,91845.7%
- 2S.CHAMPATIRAYIndian National Congress · INC18,73943.0%
- 3D.DASSwatantra Party · SWA2,5365.8%
- 4M.KANUNGOIndependent · IND2,3815.5%
Since 1961
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- +1.1%
- CPI share
- 50.8% → 45.7%
- INC share
- 49.2% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —