Constituency
108. Patnagarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1974
OD-PATNAGARH
SWA 65.4%won by 35.5%INC 29.9%
What changed here
DerivedSwatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.4% to 35.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
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
35,522
Margin
12,615
35.51%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SWA- 1AINTHU SAHOOSwatantra Party · SWA23,22465.4%
- 2GAURANGA PATRAIndian National Congress · INC10,60929.9%
- 3GAURANGA BARIKIndependent · IND1,6894.8%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SWA
- SWA–INC swing
- −38.2%
- SWA share
- 73.7% → 65.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- — → —