Constituency
76. Gunupur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-GUNUPUR
INC 62.9%won by 38.7%SWA 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.7% to 38.7%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,712
Margin
11,512
38.75%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1BHAGIRATHI GAMANGOIndian National Congress · INC18,69262.9%
- 2BANDHU GAMANGOSwatantra Party · SWA7,18024.2%
- 3ULKA RAMACHANDRAUTC · UTC3,84012.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- +26.1%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 62.9%
- SWA share
- 34.3% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —