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Constituency

310. Bolangir

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BOLANGIR

SWA 61.9%won by 35.2%INC 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.4% to 35.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 40.3%.

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

Electorate
5,01,534
Turnout
40.3%
Valid votes
2,01,903
Margin
70,976
35.15%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWAINC swing
−5.2%
SWA share
70.2% 61.9%
INC share
29.8% 26.7%
Turnout
43.8% 40.3%