Election
Constituency

56. Puri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-PURI

INC 49.7%won by 5.9%UTC 43.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 5.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 65.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
49,546
Margin
2,944
5.94%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRAJAMOHAN MOHANTY PADMACHARANIndian National Congress · INC24,62749.7%
  2. 2SAMANTASINGHARUTC · UTC21,68343.8%
  3. 3HARIHAR BAHINIPATISOP · SOP2,6125.3%
  4. 4ASHOK KUMAR MISRAIndependent · IND6241.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–UTC swing
−12.4%
INC share
41.7% → 49.7%
UTC share
23.3% → 43.8%
Turnout
— → —
55. Satyabadi57. Brahmagiri
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