Election
Constituency

128. Sambalpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-SAMBALPUR

INC 49.1%won by 16.4%UTC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 16.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to UTC (UTC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
43,060
Margin
7,073
16.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHRI BALLAV PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC21,15349.1%
  2. 2BINOD BIHARI DASUTC · UTC14,08032.7%
  3. 3JHASAKETAN SAUIndependent · IND4,58610.7%
  4. 4P. BHASKA RAOJAC · JAC1,1992.8%
  5. 5JAIRAM PUROHITIndependent · IND1,0562.5%
  6. 6BRAHMANAND NAIKIndependent · IND9862.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–UTC swing
−20.2%
INC share
48.8% → 49.1%
UTC share
12.1% → 32.7%
Turnout
— → —
127. Bargarh129. Brajarajnagar
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