Constituency
139. Rourkela
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1974
OD-ROURKELA
INC 38.6%won by 8.0%UTC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.2% to 8.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jan Kalyan Party (JKP) to UTC (UTC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
44,340
Margin
3,549
8.00%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1DHANANJAYA MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC17,12538.6%
- 2BRAJA KISHORE MOHANTYUTC · UTC13,57630.6%
- 3BANABEHARI JENASUC · SUC4,2939.7%
- 4MANMOHAN MISHRAIndependent · IND4,1229.3%
- 5ISLAMUDDIN ANSARIJKD · JKD3,8448.7%
- 6RABINDRANATH PATNAIKIndependent · IND7671.7%
- 7BABULAL KUMARIndependent · IND3340.8%
- 8CHARLES TOPPOJan Kalyan Party · JKP1540.3%
- 9JUNAS BILUNGIndependent · IND1250.3%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–UTC swing
- −27.6%
- INC share
- 43.8% → 38.6%
- UTC share
- 8.2% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —