Constituency
110. Melchhamunda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-MELCHHAMUNDA
SWA 30.0%won by 6.5%INC 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.6% to 6.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 66.7% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,268
Margin
1,636
6.47%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SWA- 1BIRENDRA KUMAR SAHUSwatantra Party · SWA7,59130.0%
- 2JAYA BIHARI BHOIIndian National Congress · INC5,95523.6%
- 3LOKANATH PADHANUTC · UTC3,73614.8%
- 4DEWAN BARIHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,19612.6%
- 5NARASINGH MISHRANCO · NCO2,4819.8%
- 6DEBCHAND AGARWALAIndependent · IND1,4285.7%
- 7MANA SAHUJAC · JAC8813.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–INC swing
- −18.1%
- SWA share
- 45.6% → 30.0%
- INC share
- 21.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —