Election
Constituency

118. Dhenkanal

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-DHENKANAL

INC 46.2%won by 6.1%SWA 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.1% to 6.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
42,782
Margin
2,617
6.12%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NANDINI SATPATHYIndian National Congress · INC19,78546.2%
  2. 2KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGHDEO MAHINDRA BAHADURSwatantra Party · SWA17,16840.1%
  3. 3SURESH CHANDRA MISRAIndependent · IND2,8126.6%
  4. 4PURNA CHANDRA SAHOOIndependent · IND1,6273.8%
  5. 5PYARI MOHAN DHALLIndependent · IND1,3903.2%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−2.0%
INC share
35.3% → 46.2%
SWA share
27.2% → 40.1%
Turnout
— → —
117. Hindol119. Condia
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