Election
Constituency

135. Gondia

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-GONDIA

INC 39.5%won by 7.8%SWA 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 17.5% to 39.5% of the vote here (+22.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
28,585
Margin
2,240
7.84%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRUNDABAN TRIPATHYIndian National Congress · INC11,28039.5%
  2. 2HALDHAR MISRASwatantra Party · SWA9,04031.6%
  3. 3SARAT CHANDRA SATAPATHYUTC · UTC3,81013.3%
  4. 4DEBENDRANATH ROUTJAC · JAC1,4765.2%
  5. 5BRAJAKISHORE MOHAPATRACommunist Party of India · CPI1,4235.0%
  6. 6JALI SAHOOIndependent · IND6192.2%
  7. 7BHASKAR NAIKSOP · SOP4951.7%
  8. 8UCHHAB SAHOOIndependent · IND4421.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SWA swing
+49.0%
INC share
17.5% → 39.5%
SWA share
58.6% → 31.6%
Turnout
— → —
134. Kamakhyanagar136. Dhenkanal
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