Election
Constituency

17. Nilgiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-NILGIRI

CPM 27.6%won by 0.1%UTC 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.6% to 0.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to UTC (UTC).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 49 votes (0.09%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
52,039
Margin
49
0.09%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BANAMALI DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,34627.6%
  2. 2RAJENDA CANDRA MARDARAJ HARICHANDANUTC · UTC14,29727.5%
  3. 3CHITTARANJAN SARANGIIndian National Congress · INC12,31223.7%
  4. 4HEMENDRANATH DASIndependent · IND5,96111.5%
  5. 5SITARAM SINGHIndependent · IND4,2838.2%
  6. 6RAGHUNATH BIRBARJAC · JAC8401.6%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–UTC swing
−11.2%
CPM share
29.9% → 27.6%
UTC share
18.6% → 27.5%
Turnout
— → —
16. Nilgiri18. Bhandaripokhari
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