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56. Begunia

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-BEGUNIA

CPI 35.1%won by 8.8%UTC 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.7% to 8.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.4% between them, down from 88.7% — 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
43,275
Margin
3,789
8.76%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIUTC swing
−37.0%
CPI share
45.7% 35.1%
UTC share
0.0% 26.3%
Turnout