Constituency
95. Kesinga
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-KESINGA
SWA 43.5%won by 24.9%PSP 18.6%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.2% to 24.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 18.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.2% between them, down from 77.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
21,357
Margin
5,312
24.87%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SWA- 1BHAGAWAN BHOISwatantra Party · SWA9,29443.5%
- 2NAGENDRA NATH CHOUDHURYPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,98218.6%
- 3KIRANA CHANDRA SINGH DEOUTC · UTC2,13610.0%
- 4ARJUNA KUMAR CHANDIndian National Congress · INC2,0149.4%
- 5JOGESH CHANDRA SINGH DEOIndependent · IND1,3596.4%
- 6HIMAGHAL BHOIIndependent · IND1,3316.2%
- 7BICHAL MAJHIIndependent · IND1,2415.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–PSP swing
- −25.2%
- SWA share
- 50.1% → 43.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 18.6%
- Turnout
- — → —