Constituency
26. Jajpur West
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-JAJPUR-WEST
INC 35.4%won by 6.9%SWA 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JAC (JAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.3% to 35.4% of the vote here (+16.0%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.9% between them, down from 73.6% — 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
42,474
Margin
2,910
6.85%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADEIndian National Congress · INC15,01635.4%
- 2ASHOK KUMAR DASSwatantra Party · SWA12,10628.5%
- 3CHITTARANJAN NAYAKUTC · UTC10,55824.9%
- 4KRUSHNA CHARAN KHANDAIIndependent · IND1,8124.3%
- 5ANANTA CHARAN PATNAIKNCO · NCO9012.1%
- 6CHANDRAMONI PANDASOP · SOP6641.6%
- 7BIPIN BEHARI MOHANTYIndependent · IND5541.3%
- 8ATALA BEHARI MOHANTYIndependent · IND5351.3%
- 9NARAYAN SAMANTAIndependent · IND3280.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- JAC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −12.5%
- INC share
- 19.3% → 35.4%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- — → —