Constituency
1. Karanjia
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-KARANJIA
SWA 30.8%won by 4.9%JKP 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.3% to 4.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.7% between them, down from 78.5% — 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
19,842
Margin
972
4.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SWA- 1PRAFULLA KUMAR DASSwatantra Party · SWA6,10830.8%
- 2RAGHUNATH HEMRAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP5,13625.9%
- 3SUDAM CHARAN SUNDHIIndian National Congress · INC3,52217.8%
- 4JENARAM KALAUTC · UTC3,13215.8%
- 5UMESH CHANDRA NAYAKJAC · JAC1,2256.2%
- 6SATISH CHANDRA NAYAKIndependent · IND7193.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–JKP swing
- −57.0%
- SWA share
- 61.9% → 30.8%
- JKP share
- 0.0% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —