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Constituency

344. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

IN-BHUBANESWAR

INC 35.5%won by 9.2%CPI 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 9.2%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.1% to 43.7%.

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

Electorate
5,15,093
Turnout
43.7%
Valid votes
2,25,102
Margin
20,731
9.21%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−19.6%
INC share
64.4% 35.5%
CPI share
35.6% 26.3%
Turnout
28.6% 43.7%