352. Sambalpur

The seat changed hands: SOC (SOC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.2%.

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

• INC vote shareINC went from 39.5% to 29.9% of the vote here (−9.6%).
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.5% between them, down from 81.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 15.8% to 36.0%.

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