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97. Balliguda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-BALLIGUDA

SWA 31.5%won by 8.2%IND 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.9% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.8% between them, down from 84.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
15,953
Margin
1,301
8.16%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1NARESH PRADHANSwatantra Party · SWA5,02031.5%
  2. 2SADANANDA KANHARIndependent · IND3,71923.3%
  3. 3KRISHNA DALABEHERAIndian National Congress · INC2,16813.6%
  4. 4DEBANDRA KANHARJAC · JAC2,10813.2%
  5. 5ASHOK MALLIKUTC · UTC1,99812.5%
  6. 6SAHURA MALLIKIndependent · IND9405.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWA–IND swing
−31.4%
SWA share
51.6% → 31.5%
IND share
12.1% → 23.3%
Turnout
— → —
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