Election
Constituency

125. Rourkela

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-ROURKELA

INC 43.8%won by 33.2%JKP 10.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.9% to 43.8% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 10.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.

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
40,788
Margin
13,532
33.18%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAM SUNDAR MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC17,87043.8%
  2. 2ISLAMUDDINJan Kalyan Party · JKP4,33810.6%
  3. 3RAJKISHORE SAMANTARAYPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,5888.8%
  4. 4HARIHAR PATELSwatantra Party · SWA3,5698.8%
  5. 5HRUSHIKESH RAYUTC · UTC3,3468.2%
  6. 6BANA BEHARI JENASUC · SUC2,0935.1%
  7. 7SAROJ KUMAR MITRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,8734.6%
  8. 8NITYANANDA FONDACommunist Party of India · CPI1,6013.9%
  9. 9SURENDRA NATH MUDALICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,4463.5%
  10. 10PITAMBAR MOHANTYJAC · JAC4481.1%
  11. 11BINDHESHARI PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND2880.7%
  12. 12ALLISON PATROIndependent · IND1780.4%
  13. 13RAMKUMAR GUPTASOP · SOP1500.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JKP swing
+9.3%
INC share
23.9% → 43.8%
JKP share
0.0% → 10.6%
Turnout
— → —
124. Bisra126. Bonai
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