Election
Constituency

60. Ranpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-RANPUR

CPM 40.4%won by 19.8%INC 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 19.8%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 24.2% to 40.4% of the vote here (+16.2%).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
32,237
Margin
6,386
19.81%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAMESHA CHANDRA PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,03740.4%
  2. 2GURU PRASAD PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC6,65120.6%
  3. 3SRIDHAR DASHJAC · JAC5,72917.8%
  4. 4GAURANGA PRADHANUTC · UTC4,11512.8%
  5. 5BRAJENDRA SINGHDEOSwatantra Party · SWA1,9516.1%
  6. 6ANIRUDHA SWAINPraja Socialist Party · PSP7542.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+32.3%
CPM share
24.2% → 40.4%
INC share
36.7% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
59. Nayagarh61. Jaganathprasad
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