Constituency
93. Bhawanipatna
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-BHAWANIPATNA
SWA 70.7%won by 59.2%IND 11.5%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 66.1% to 59.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 11.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
21,249
Margin
12,571
59.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SWA- 1DAYANIDHI NAYAKSwatantra Party · SWA15,01670.7%
- 2ARTATRANA NAYAKIndependent · IND2,44511.5%
- 3AKRURA NAYAKUTC · UTC2,0729.8%
- 4PRADESHI NAYAKPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,7168.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–IND swing
- −21.5%
- SWA share
- 80.7% → 70.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 11.5%
- Turnout
- — → —