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144. Keonjhar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-KEONJHAR

SWA 52.7%won by 19.1%INC 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: UTC (UTC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 19.1%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 32.8% to 52.7% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 75.8% — 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
22,637
Margin
4,316
19.07%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1GOVINDA MUNDASwatantra Party · SWA11,92752.7%
  2. 2CHHOTRAY MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC7,61133.6%
  3. 3MAHENDRA NAGIndependent · IND1,4096.2%
  4. 4KRUSHNA CHANDRA MAHAPATRAIndependent · IND8523.8%
  5. 5PANCHARATNA SINGHIndependent · IND8383.7%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
UTC
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing
+7.0%
SWA share
32.8% → 52.7%
INC share
20.8% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
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