Constituency
16. Nilgiri
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1974
OD-NILGIRI
INC 51.9%won by 10.5%UTC 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 51.9% of the vote here (+26.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to UTC (UTC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 55.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
49,511
Margin
5,221
10.55%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SAILEN MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC25,69051.9%
- 2NILAMANI ROUTORAYUTC · UTC20,46941.3%
- 3RADHA KANTA BISWALIndependent · IND2,5715.2%
- 4GANESH PRASAD MOHANTYFBL · FBL7811.6%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–UTC swing
- +3.9%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 51.9%
- UTC share
- 18.6% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- — → —