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Constituency

72. Chikati

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-CHIKATI

INC 68.4%won by 45.5%SWA 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.2% to 45.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,870
Margin
19,042
45.48%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
+20.3%
INC share
49.1% 68.4%
SWA share
24.0% 22.9%
Turnout