Constituency
136. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1967
OD-DHENKANAL
SWA 53.3%won by 38.8%IND 14.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: GP (GP) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 38.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 53.3% of the vote here (+53.3%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 14.5% — it did not contest here in 1961.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
29,793
Margin
11,572
38.84%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SWA- 1R.P.P.DEVSwatantra Party · SWA15,89253.3%
- 2S.MISRAIndependent · IND4,32014.5%
- 3B.C.PATNIAKIndian National Congress · INC3,16510.6%
- 4U.SAHOOIndependent · IND2,2237.5%
- 5D.ROUTIndependent · IND2,0116.7%
- 6N.JENAIndependent · IND9653.2%
- 7P.SAHOOIndependent · IND6312.1%
- 8B.SAHOOIndependent · IND5862.0%
Since 1961
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- GP
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–IND swing
- +38.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 53.3%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 14.5%
- Turnout
- — → —