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122. Talsara

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-TALSARA

SWA 36.5%won by 9.9%JKP 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 9.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.1% between them, down from 91.5% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
29,901
Margin
2,954
9.88%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1GANGADHAR PRADHANSwatantra Party · SWA10,91036.5%
  2. 2CHRISTODAS LUGUNJan Kalyan Party · JKP7,95626.6%
  3. 3DEBENDRANATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC4,92316.5%
  4. 4JAYATRAM KALOUTC · UTC3,95513.2%
  5. 5CHAMUNDRA MAJHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,1577.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWA–JKP swing
−50.2%
SWA share
60.1% → 36.5%
JKP share
0.0% → 26.6%
Turnout
— → —
121. Sundargarh123. Rajgangpur
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