Constituency
70. Dura
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1967
OD-DURA
INC 40.1%won by 20.3%SWA 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 20.3%.
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 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1961.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.9% between them, down from 93.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
18,747
Margin
3,810
20.32%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1M.NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC7,52340.1%
- 2B.PRADHANSwatantra Party · SWA3,71319.8%
- 3M.SETHIIndependent · IND2,17511.6%
- 4B.DASIndian National Congress · INC1,8389.8%
- 5D.DASJAC · JAC1,4047.5%
- 6M.BEHERAIndependent · IND1,2136.5%
- 7D.DASIndependent · IND7193.8%
- 8M.NAYAKIndependent · IND1620.9%
Since 1961
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −29.7%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 40.1%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —