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311. Sambalpur

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SAMBALPUR

INC 40.7%won by 21.8%CPI 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 21.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.6% of the vote between them, up from 51.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,72,779
Turnout
34.2%
Valid votes
1,95,957
Margin
42,707
21.79%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BANAMALI BABUIndian National Congress · INC79,78840.7%
  2. 2PRASANNA KUMAR PANDACommunist Party of India · CPI37,08118.9%
  3. 3KISHEN PATTANAYAKSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP32,04116.4%
  4. 4LALIT MOHAN DASUTC · UTC26,05513.3%
  5. 5SHRADDHAKKAR SUPAKARNCO · NCO11,0625.6%
  6. 6SRINIWAS AGRAWALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,9305.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+8.9%
INC share
29.9% → 40.7%
CPI share
17.0% → 18.9%
Turnout
36.0% → 34.2%
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