EElectionLens
Constituency

143. Patan

Community mirror

Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-PATAN

UTC 42.8%won by 5.6%INC 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

UTC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.4% to 5.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.0% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
26,109
Margin
1,460
5.59%

Candidates

7 contested · winner UTC
  1. 1MAHESWAR MAJHIUTC · UTC11,17942.8%
  2. 2PRAHALLAD NAIKIndian National Congress · INC9,71937.2%
  3. 3RAGHUNATH JERAIJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,9167.3%
  4. 4RAMESH CHANDRA NAIKIndependent · IND1,3605.2%
  5. 5LAXMIDHAR MUNDAIndependent · IND8283.2%
  6. 6DINAMANI NAIKIndependent · IND7562.9%
  7. 7LALMOHAN BANARAIndependent · IND3511.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
UTC
Winner now
UTC
UTC–INC swing
−14.0%
UTC share
35.5% → 42.8%
INC share
15.9% → 37.2%
Turnout
— → —
142. Champua144. Keonjhar
Back to the OD Assembly 1974 explorer