Constituency
136. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1971
OD-DHENKANAL
INC 35.3%won by 8.1%SWA 27.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 10.6% to 35.3% of the vote here (+24.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.6% between them, down from 67.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,104
Margin
2,532
8.14%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SURENDRA MOHAN PATTANAIKIndian National Congress · INC10,99535.3%
- 2DINESH CHANDRA PATTANAIKSwatantra Party · SWA8,46327.2%
- 3SIBA NARAYAN MISHRAJAC · JAC6,64621.4%
- 4BISWESWAR BHUTIAUTC · UTC4,05513.0%
- 5CHANDRA S. MOHAPATRAIndependent · IND9453.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +50.9%
- INC share
- 10.6% → 35.3%
- SWA share
- 53.3% → 27.2%
- Turnout
- — → —