EElectionLens
Constituency

308. Kalahandi

Community mirror

Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KALAHANDI

SWA 56.9%won by 42.1%INC 14.8%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 37.1% to 42.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 35.9%.

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

Electorate
4,36,752
Turnout
35.9%
Valid votes
1,56,644
Margin
65,874
42.05%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWAINC swing
+4.9%
SWA share
68.6% 56.9%
INC share
31.4% 14.8%
Turnout
38.0% 35.9%