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Constituency

15. Nilgiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-NILGIRI

CPM 29.9%won by 4.6%INC 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.6% to 4.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 77.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,109
Margin
1,882
4.58%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−12.0%
CPM share
46.9% 29.9%
INC share
30.3% 25.3%
Turnout