Constituency
83. Kotpad
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-KOTPAD
SWA 40.3%won by 10.5%INC 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 10.5%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 29.0% to 40.3% of the vote here (+11.3%).
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
16,577
Margin
1,735
10.47%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SWA- 1DHANSAI RONDHARISwatantra Party · SWA6,68140.3%
- 2SURY NARAYAN MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC4,94629.8%
- 3RATNA MAJHIUTC · UTC2,75016.6%
- 4DHANURAJAYA SHANTAIndependent · IND1,2987.8%
- 5KAMRAJ MAJHINCO · NCO9025.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +22.6%
- SWA share
- 29.0% → 40.3%
- INC share
- 41.1% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —