Constituency
126. Bonai
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-BONAI
SWA 29.1%won by 4.9%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 4.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.2% between them, down from 78.6% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
17,526
Margin
867
4.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SWA- 1HEMENDRA PD. MAHAPATRASwatantra Party · SWA5,09329.1%
- 2BENUDHAR NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC4,22624.1%
- 3PRASUTA KUMARI NAYAKJan Kalyan Party · JKP3,39919.4%
- 4B. K. SINGH DANDPATIndependent · IND2,49914.3%
- 5MURLI DHAR MUNDAUTC · UTC2,30913.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–INC swing
- −4.9%
- SWA share
- 44.3% → 29.1%
- INC share
- 34.4% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —