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Constituency

100. Sonepur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-SONEPUR

SWA 48.5%won by 21.5%INC 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.1% to 21.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.5% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
25,163
Margin
5,411
21.50%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1NIUAMBAR RAIGURUSwatantra Party · SWA12,20548.5%
  2. 2HRUSHIKESH HOTAIndian National Congress · INC6,79427.0%
  3. 3HIMANSU SEKHAR PADHIJAC · JAC2,75510.9%
  4. 4ACHYUTA NANDA MAHAKURUTC · UTC1,3455.3%
  5. 5DEBRANJAN NAGIndependent · IND1,1754.7%
  6. 6DUTTA MEHERIndependent · IND8893.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWA–INC swing
−15.2%
SWA share
51.2% → 48.5%
INC share
14.5% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
99. Baudh101. Binka
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