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Constituency

116. Angul

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-ANGUL

UTC 45.4%won by 7.6%CPI 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

UTC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 7.6%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.2% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
40,591
Margin
3,099
7.63%

Candidates

5 contested · winner UTC
  1. 1ADWAIT PRASAD SINGHUTC · UTC18,43545.4%
  2. 2HRUSHI KESH PRADHANCommunist Party of India · CPI15,33637.8%
  3. 3ASOKA MISRAIndependent · IND4,88312.0%
  4. 4RAJ KISHORE MISRAIndependent · IND1,2383.0%
  5. 5NALINI KUMARI PATNAIKJAC · JAC6991.7%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
UTC
Winner now
UTC
UTC–CPI swing
−35.0%
UTC share
42.6% → 45.4%
CPI share
0.0% → 37.8%
Turnout
— → —
115. Athmallik117. Hindol
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