Constituency
78. Rayagada
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-RAYAGADA
INC 43.1%won by 16.0%UTC 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 16.0%.
- New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.3% between them, down from 76.8% — the field split more ways.
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
20,044
Margin
3,201
15.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1HIMIRIKA RAGHUNATHIndian National Congress · INC8,64243.1%
- 2ANANTARAM MAJHIUTC · UTC5,44127.1%
- 3HIMIRIKA RUPUNASwatantra Party · SWA3,05915.3%
- 4JHAJORU JHODIAJAC · JAC2,90214.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–UTC swing
- −24.7%
- INC share
- 40.6% → 43.1%
- UTC share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —