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Constituency

319. Puri

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-PURI

INC 60.7%won by 21.4%CPI 39.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.7% to 60.7% of the vote here (+17.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 29.1%.

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

Electorate
4,75,128
Turnout
29.1%
Valid votes
1,38,131
Margin
29,565
21.40%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+26.5%
INC share
43.7% 60.7%
CPI share
48.8% 39.3%
Turnout
38.3% 29.1%