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14. Balasore

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-BALASORE

CPI 24.7%won by 1.4%INC 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 11.3% to 24.7% of the vote here (+13.4%).
  • Multi-cornered6 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
51,036
Margin
692
1.36%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1ARUN DEYCommunist Party of India · CPI12,62024.7%
  2. 2RABINDRAMOHAN DASIndian National Congress · INC11,92823.4%
  3. 3SAMARENDRA KUNDUSOP · SOP11,09221.7%
  4. 4KARTIK ROUTSwatantra Party · SWA7,47114.6%
  5. 5PRIYANATH NANDYUTC · UTC3,9887.8%
  6. 6JAGANNATH JEEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,6905.3%
  7. 7DHRUBA KUMAR GIRIIndependent · IND8331.6%
  8. 8S. M. RAZAJAC · JAC4140.8%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
+22.4%
CPI share
11.3% → 24.7%
INC share
32.4% → 23.4%
Turnout
— → —
13. Basta15. Soro
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