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303. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BHUBANESWAR

INC 49.9%won by 29.3%UTC 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 29.3%.

  • New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.5% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,71,276
Turnout
44.1%
Valid votes
2,51,868
Margin
73,694
29.26%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHINTAMANI PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC1,25,64649.9%
  2. 2BIBUDHENDRA MISRAUTC · UTC51,95220.6%
  3. 3HARIHAR MISRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM45,70318.1%
  4. 4SIVAJI PATANAIKSwatantra Party · SWA28,56711.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–UTC swing
−6.2%
INC share
35.5% → 49.9%
UTC share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
43.7% → 44.1%
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