Election
Constituency

61. Ranpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-RANPUR

CPM 28.6%won by 5.7%IND 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 5.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.5% between them, down from 61.1% — the field split more ways.

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
42,509
Margin
2,416
5.68%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAMESH CHANDRA PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,15028.6%
  2. 2GURUPRASAD PATNAIKIndependent · IND9,73422.9%
  3. 3SANTI DASIndian National Congress · INC6,70815.8%
  4. 4ACHYUTANANDA MOHANTYUTC · UTC5,51913.0%
  5. 5MADAN MOHAN RAMIndependent · IND4,37710.3%
  6. 6ARAKHITA PRAHARAJIndependent · IND2,8656.7%
  7. 7UPENDRA BHANJAJAC · JAC1,1562.7%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−34.8%
CPM share
40.4% → 28.6%
IND share
0.0% → 22.9%
Turnout
— → —
60. Begunia62. Nayagarh
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