Constituency
72. Chikati
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-CHIKATI
INC 68.4%won by 45.5%SWA 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,870
Margin
19,042
45.48%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1S. ATCHIDANANDA DEOIndian National Congress · INC28,63368.4%
- 2MANIKESWARI PRASAD DEVSwatantra Party · SWA9,59122.9%
- 3DIBAKAR PATNAIKUTC · UTC3,6468.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- +20.3%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 68.4%
- SWA share
- 24.0% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —