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90. Dharamgarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-DHARAMGARH

SWA 54.1%won by 33.9%INC 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.7% to 33.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 87.9% — 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
21,066
Margin
7,140
33.89%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1LOCHAN DHANGADA MAJHISwatantra Party · SWA11,40054.1%
  2. 2JAGA MOHAN NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC4,26020.2%
  3. 3PADMAN BESARAUTC · UTC2,58112.3%
  4. 4NAKUL SIPKAIndependent · IND1,4026.7%
  5. 5GOUR HARI NAIKIndependent · IND7223.4%
  6. 6RATNAKAR DURGAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7013.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWA–INC swing
−15.8%
SWA share
68.8% → 54.1%
INC share
19.1% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
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