Constituency
76. Chikati
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1974
OD-CHIKATI
INC 53.9%won by 19.3%SWA 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.5% to 19.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
44,936
Margin
8,687
19.33%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SATCHIDA NANDU DEOIndian National Congress · INC24,23053.9%
- 2JAGANNATH PATISwatantra Party · SWA15,54334.6%
- 3DAMBARUDHAR PANIGRAHIIndependent · IND5,16311.5%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −26.1%
- INC share
- 68.4% → 53.9%
- SWA share
- 22.9% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —