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Constituency

37. Balikuda

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-BALIKUDA

INC 47.2%won by 10.9%UTC 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 10.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to UTC (UTC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.6% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
52,495
Margin
5,701
10.86%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BASUDEB MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC24,79547.2%
  2. 2RAGHUNATH MOHAPATRAUTC · UTC19,09436.4%
  3. 3UMESH CHANDRA SWAINIndependent · IND5,57910.6%
  4. 4HEMANT KUMAR BISWALSwatantra Party · SWA1,5082.9%
  5. 5PARAMA NANDA ACHARYAJAC · JAC9601.8%
  6. 6NATABAR PANDAIndependent · IND5591.1%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–UTC swing
−1.9%
INC share
28.4% → 47.2%
UTC share
15.7% → 36.4%
Turnout
— → —
36. Ersama38. Jagatsinghpur
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