Constituency
120. Deogarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-DEOGARH
SWA 46.2%won by 13.3%JAC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.0% to 13.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJAC (JAC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
28,026
Margin
3,725
13.29%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SWA- 1BHANUGANGAA T. DEB RAJASwatantra Party · SWA12,94346.2%
- 2PATI A. PABAN PRADHANJAC · JAC9,21832.9%
- 3BISHWANATH PADHANIndian National Congress · INC3,50212.5%
- 4KUMUDA BANDHU PRADHANUTC · UTC2,3638.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–JAC swing
- −47.6%
- SWA share
- 60.9% → 46.2%
- JAC share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —