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269. Puri

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Orissa · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-PURI

CPI 48.8%won by 5.1%INC 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 5.1%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 44.8% to 48.8% of the vote here (+4.0%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
4,11,216
Turnout
38.3%
Valid votes
1,57,551
Margin
8,036
5.10%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+15.6%
CPI share
44.8% 48.8%
INC share
55.2% 43.7%
Turnout
40.1% 38.3%